"We will destroy the earth in the name of "Green Energy", Follow along and I will explain"

As a miner for 40 years I have worked in various mines around the world. Gold, platinum, copper, coal, lead, zinc, oil and salt. I'm going to tell you something, and here it is. We will destroy the earth in the name of "Green Energy" Follow along and I will explain. 🧵

— John Lee Pettimore (@JohnLeePettim13) January 14, 2023

MiningWatch Canada is estimating that “[Three] billion tons of mined metals and minerals will be needed to power the energy transition” – a “massive” increase especially for six critical minerals: lithium, graphite, copper, cobalt, nickel and rare earth minerals

— John Lee Pettimore (@JohnLeePettim13) January 14, 2023

Over the next 30 years 7.5 billion of us, we will consume more minerals than the last 70,000 years or the past 500 generations, which is more than all of the 108 billion humans who have ever walked the Earth.

— John Lee Pettimore (@JohnLeePettim13) January 14, 2023

Mining requires the extraction of solid ores, often after removing vast amounts of overlying rock. Then the ore must be processed, creating an enormous quantity of waste – about 100 billion tonnes a year, more than any other human-made waste stream.

— John Lee Pettimore (@JohnLeePettim13) January 14, 2023

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