If you use solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal and bioenenergy, you're diversified and it's all renewable. Add in storage and there's not much of an issue anymore.

[+] nyar@lemmy.world -7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Except having enough rare earth minerals to build all of that for all of the planets energy needs, forever.

Yup, except that part it's a great plan.

[–] sour@feddit.de 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Are you really bringing up resource limitation when your point is energy sources that depend on finite fuel?

Besides, the current form of renewables is the best option we have right now, so we should put all efforts into that. Once we find something better, absolutely go for that.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Uranium is actually quite common on earth, hence it not being included in the rare Earth's minerals. Go get a shovel full of dirt. Anywhere on earth that shovel of dirt on average will contain something like a micro or nanogram of uranium. Shit's everywhere.

[–] blazera@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

People just feel like there has to be a catch with renewable energy and latch onto the idea of rare earth metals. Besides cobalt having some use in some kinds of lithium batteries right now, theres not really rare earth stuff going into renewables. Solar panels are silicon and aluminum, wind turbines are simple machines connected to a magnet spinning inside coils of copper, lithium batteries are already being made with iron as the other component.