Shift to green energy sources could mean crunch in supply of scarce metals
A large-scale shift from coal-fired electric power plants and
gasoline-fueled cars to wind turbines and electric vehicles could
increase demand for two already-scarce metals — available almost
exclusively in China — by 600-2,600 percent over the next 25 years, a
new study has concluded. Published in the ACS journal Environmental
Science & Technology, it points out that production of the two
metals has been increasing by only a few percentage points per year.
Michele Kearney's Environmental Blog - Environmental degradation and waning natural resources including energy resources threaten U.S. security. And the loss of renewable natural resources, including forests, fresh water, fish and fertile soils, can drive political instability and conflict in the developing world, and around the globe. In short, natural resoures, energy and the environment are national security issues.
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