Biden's suspension of new oil and gas leases on US land and water: federal judge says "no." This is an old story -- now twenty-four hours old -- I was late posting it simply because Sophia and I were enjoying the pool. Links easily found; one link here.
Wall Street: workers want to move from NYC to Florida, maybe Texas. Links and stories everywhere. Here's one link: https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/wall-street-workers-want-florida-transfers-as-job-waiting-lists-grow. Not a bit surprising.
EV and "green" infrastructure: can we get to net zero without copper? Link here.
When I was in middle school / early high school, those little electric slot/race cars were all the rage. There was even a huge race track north of Williston, near the outdoor movie theater. I remember kids (mostly XY humans) taking their cars apart and re-wiring their little electric motors: wiring them tighter and adding more copper, to make their little cars go faster. From Walmart.com, $133.34. Over at Amazon.com, only "used sets" available for $98.90.
It's now the same with EVs, but bigger toys for bigger boys, or bigger X cars for XY humans.
How much copper in those big toys for big boys?
Remember the Anaconda Copper Mine in Montana? Yeah, that mine.
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The EV Boom Coming Sooner Than Expected
EV sales to surpass those of traditional vehicles by 2033:
- Europe: by 2028
- China: by 2033
- US: by 2036
non-EV sales could plummet to as low as 1 percent of total vehicle sales by 2045
Very little mention of infrastructure.
No mention of copper.
No mention of rare earth metals.
No mention of strip mining.
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