Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-20 20:17:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 4F9616057C3892CF2048340B911BEFAEE13B28E2CB3F3E683FC10BCF19129469
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Fossil fuels are mined, burned once, and then more must be mined. Battery metals can be mined and used for decades before being recycled and used again as efficiently as if the recycled materials were newly mined. https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/how-does-environmental-impact-mining-clean-energy-metals-compare-mining-coal-oil-and-gas https://www.wired.com/story/recycled-battery-materials-can-work-as-well-as-new-ones/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/recycled-batteries-good-as-newly-mined
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