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NNadir

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1. Don't worry; be happy. Batteries are...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Wed Apr 22, 2026, 10:09 AM

Apr 22

..."green," or so I've been hearing for years here.

I have the book out of the library: Elements of Power: A Story of War, Technology, and the Dirtiest Supply Chain on Earth.

I've only skimmed it thus far, but it's eye opening for the uninitiated, I would think, although I have personally understood this issue of the environmental cost of what is called "green energy" for some time.

I understood it when Musk was seen as heroic on this website.

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Don't worry; be happy. Batteries are... NNadir Apr 22 #1