I’m not sure exactly how to phrase this, but issues like these point out a contradiction in current green environmental policy.

We want to protect nature in its pristine form. But we also want to re do our power grid, install renewable energy plants and make all cars electric.

We don’t have enough metals like copper, lithium, and cobalt to do this. Which means we will have to open up many many new mines, which is really destructive to nature and the surrounding communities.

An uncomfortable truth we need to start looking at.