Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-07-21 03:08:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F11AE6A74ADCDDA57C2DDD95826726E725CD16D28EF420FDCC99AFBAF95031BD
Participant Details
Original Note:
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
All Note Details