Climate Change and Where We Are: Disruption: Energy, Transport and Agriculture with James Arbib

[@nickkacures2304]

I have been following Tony Seba for ten years and when you connected with him and I am seeing everything coming together as you have documented. But I also would like to be part of the change I see the stock valuations and I’m wondering do. Know of anyone doing a good KZbin show based you and Tony’s disruptions

[@aaronbounds1336]

38:40 - finite materials...yes, technically. There are in fact a limited amount of all materials on planet Earth. The amount of materials we will need to make enough batteries to power humanity is less than the amount available, by a lot in some cases. Hydrogen powered vehicles are also electric vehicles that require onboard battery storage. Granted, the batteries might be smaller but they are batteries nonetheless. The bottleneck with lithium, for example, is not the absolute amount of lithium available in the Earth's crust. There is plenty of lithium available. The problem is that it takes between five and 10 years to go through the permitting process for a new mining location, in some places. Once we reach a steady state of having mined enough raw materials for batteries, the old batteries can/will be recycled, negating the need to continue to mine for new materials. My guess is by 2050 or so we will be at a steady state. Might as well go ahead with mostly BEVs, as the infrastructure for recharging is much closer to complete than many realize. The electrical grid is mostly built out in developed countries. In many cases people just have to put in an extra outlet for charging electric vehicles. That is way less of a task than building the entire electrical grid, for example. Or, as compared to a different technology, building out an entire network for hydrogen production, distribution, and refueling. Another benefit of going through electric is individuals can take control over their energy supply rather than being beholden to corporations that may or may not have their best interest in mind.

[@davefroman4700]

We should be at a steady state much sooner than you anticipate. Due to the over all nature of this disruption upon society our need for individual vehicle ownership will radically diminish over the next 10-15 years. Its not just the energy and transportation industry that will be disrupted by technology in the next ten years. Virtually all areas of the social/economic/political system will change. The exact same thing has happened repeatedly in history.

[@davidwilkie9551]

It's not a matter of refuted centuries of competition and propaganda by simply indicating the S-curve ,because fighting obfuscation of the basic principles of energy and ecology by incremental push back points is frustrating to say the least..