Michael, You did some wonderful envisioning in your previous email. Also,
the links you included show that you are connecting with the realities of
what has been done to properly recycle the raw materials that are necessary
for electrifying our transportation systems.
We need both types of thinking to make this big transition.
Visionaries clear the way for others have the courage to consider a new
path.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Clark" <[email protected]>
To: "listserv" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:42 PM
Subject: [FLEAA] the answer to the lack of materials to go green
I had an email sent to me trying to point out that raw materials to go
green
just arent there OR china controls all the resources. my response is as
follows:
I am also concerned about raw materials that are mined from the earth.
Would we just switch from draining the earth's oil to draining the
materials
needed to go green?
My answer is no. we will start mining rare earth metals in place of oil
however we will be getting enough to complete the global shift from oil to
renewable energy and then stopping. Also the items made from rare earth
metals will last 20 to 30 years before needing to be replaced. We would
not
be just burn the metals like oil and then going back for more. Through
recycling the metals can be retrieved from the items we build with them.
The lead used for batteries is 98% recycled, so why not lithium batteries?
oddly enough, lithium isnt the main part of lithium ion batteries and in
fact do not contain any lithium at all, only an ionic form of lithium
produced from cobalt, copper, nickel and iron.
China is the highest source for rare earth metals simply because its the
cheapest place to get them from. China treats its workers like slaves and
the government controls all the companies so they can control the prices.
I
would imagine when the going green shift ramps up the companies that once
searched for oil will search for the rare earth metals and find them
abundantly elsewhere other than china.
The good thing here is when we get all the metals we need and start
producing the batteries, super capacitors, solar panels, etc... we will
make what we need for 30 years and then recycle the failing items and do
not
have to depend on mining.
http://seekingalpha.com/article/103972-rare-earth-metals-not-so-rare-but-valuable
There is already a process that can divide all metals and plastic from
computer circuit boards so a process to recycle all the metals from
lithium
batteries and solar panels to be reused isn't a far stretch. Europe has
already solved the problem by passing a law that all batteries, regardless
of type, must be recycled.
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9001626
As far as mass transit, I forsee a transportation system just like from
the
movie "The Minority Report". Transport modules that run along electrified
tracks just like slot cars. When you want to go somewhere you just tell
the
transport where to go and it takes you there.
we already had electric street cars that ran all over a city, so changing
all the roads to imbedded tracks to everywhere isnt a stretch because
noone
but cargo transport people would have cars or trucks.
as far as where the electricity comes from to power the transport units,
thats easy, over all the roads that are now slot tracks are solar panels.
Think how much power could be obtained if all roads had a car port type
roof
over them that was nothing but a huge solar panel. we would be producing
more power than we would need.
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