John Lee Pettimore
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Mining mechanic. UG OP 3X Red Seal. Mine Rescue. CAF Vet. From the Tien Shan mountains of Kyrgyzstan to the bitter cold of the Yukon. Mining 40 yrs. retired.
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A normal Honda Accord needs about 40 pounds of copper. The same battery electric Accord needs 200 pounds. Onshore wind turbines require about 10 tons of copper, and offshore approx. 20 tons. The world will need to mine 115% more copper than has been mined in all human history just to meet “business as usual.” This would meet our current copper needs and support the developing world without considering the green energy transition. Six new large mines need to come online every year by 2050 to meet global copper demand, but the problem is it takes about 20 years between discovering a new copper mineral deposit and getting a permit to build a mine. None of this takes into consideration the upgrades to the electrical infrastructure needed to "electrify: the world by 2050. In short electrifying the world by 2050 is a politicians pipe dream that will never happen. Source:
John Lee Pettimore2,193,311 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
To reach net zero by 2050, we would need to mine 4.5 million tons of copper, 940 million tons of nickel, 9 billion tons of graphite, and 4 million tons of germanium. At today's mining rates, that would take over 1,000 years. Net zero is never going to happen.
John Lee Pettimore257,791 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
The world has spent approximately $6–7 trillion cumulatively on wind turbines and solar panels. With that amount, we could have built up to 1,400 standard nuclear power plants (each with ~1–1.2 GW capacity, typical for modern large reactors). With proper maintenance, safety upgrades, and regulatory approvals, many nuclear plants last 60 years- 80 years or more. A typical wind or solar farm lasts about 20 years, meaning we would need to spend up to $21 trillion to produce the same energy as nuclear. With $21 trillion, the world could theoretically fund up to 4,000 nuclear power plants. Now lets talk about wind turbines. Without the Production Tax Credit (PTC), many wind farms were not economically viable from electricity sales alone, due to high upfront costs, intermittency (requiring backup power), and competition from cheaper sources like natural gas. The tax credits effectively offset a significant portion of costs—in some cases covering much or all of the investment for tax-liable entities—turning otherwise marginal or unprofitable projects into attractive ones. Are you seeing the scam? It's time to start building more nuclear and less of these green dream turbines and solar panels.
John Lee Pettimore119,345 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Damon Texas. 3300 acre solar farm wiped out by hail. #GreenEnergy Toxic mess.
John Lee Pettimore352,555 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce
Contrary to common impressions, there has been no absolute worldwide decarbonization. In fact, the opposite is true. Absolute cuts in carbon emissions in large economies such as the EU (-23%) and the US (-9%) were far outweighed by massive increases in the world’s two largest industrializing nations: China (emissions rose 3.3 times) and India (threefold). Emissions also rose sharply for Middle Eastern hydrocarbon producers (Saudi Arabia’s about 2.3 times) and other smaller emitters. Between 1997 and 2022, annual CO₂ emissions from fossil fuel combustion, processing, extraction, flaring, and pipeline leakage rose from about 25.5 billion tons to about 39.3 billion tons (a 54% increase). So, contrary to what many would like to believe, we are not making progress. Yet trillions have been spent—trillions of taxpayers’ money. For what? Food for thought on a snowy winters day.
John Lee Pettimore106,885 görüntüleme • 6 ay önce
It would take 3.7 trillion pounds of materials to generate half of U.S. electricity with 1,095,000 2 MW wind turbines. Each turbine requires 1,671 tons of material: 1,300 tons concrete, 295 tons steel, 48 tons iron, 24 tons fiberglass, 4 tons copper, 0.4 tons neodymium, and 0.065 tons dysprosium, replaced every 15-20 years. Mining and ore processing, is the second most polluting industry in the world, releasing acid rain and heavy metals into land, water, and air. Extracting and processing dispersed minerals consumes significant fossil fuel energy. Billions more tons of materials are needed for transmission, power plants, and utility-scale batteries, also replaced every 15-20 years. The green energy dream remains just that—a dream.
John Lee Pettimore90,421 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
The consumption of material resources using the photovoltaic technology is at least 64 times that of nuclear energy. For the production of the solar-grade silicon for one square meter of panel area it requires 3.5 kg of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The weight of concrete, steel and chemicals used, such as acids/ bases, etchants, elemental gases, dopants, photolithographic chemicals etc. are never included. PV technology is more than 7 times more labor intensive than other energy sources. They never include disposing of the worn out panels, recycling copper wiring etc. after solar farms have reached end of life. So when they tell you solar makes back the energy used to build and maintain them in X amount of time, they are actually lying to you.
John Lee Pettimore151,262 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
For every 10 MW of wind power added to the system, at least 8 MW of back-up power must be dedicated. So you’re not saving on fossil fuels and often have to ADD fossil fuel plants to make up for the wind power when the wind isn’t blowing. In other words, wind needs almost 100% back-up of its maximum output. So why are we doing this? Answer: because of huge subsidies and tax breaks. Windmills wouldn’t be built without them. The #GreenEnergy grift.
John Lee Pettimore128,718 görüntüleme • 1 yıl önce
Green energy relies heavily on rare earth minerals. Purifying one ton of rare earths requires at least 52,834 gallons of water, which becomes polluted with acids and heavy metals. Wind turbines utilize approximately one ton of rare earth elements, specifically neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium, crucial for their operation. Don't forget to add this to your green energy equation. Green isn't as green as it seems.
John Lee Pettimore27,774 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Mining 1 ton of rare earth minerals produces about 1 ton of radioactive waste, according to the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security. In 2012, the U.S. added a record 13,131 MW of wind generating capacity. That means that between 4.9 million pounds (using MIT’s estimate) and 6.1 million pounds (using the Bulletin of Atomic Science’s estimate) of rare earths were used in wind turbines installed in 2012. It also means that between 4.9 million and 6.1 million pounds of radioactive waste were created to make these wind turbines — more than America’s nuclear industry, which produces between 4.4 million and 5 million pounds of spent nuclear fuel each year. Shut down the wind industry and built nuclear. It's better for the planet.
John Lee Pettimore27,406 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
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