The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released a 287 page report on the role of critical materials in transitioning to clean energy conditions such as the one proposed by the Biden Administration in the U.S.A. Visit https://www.iea.org/reports/the-role-of-critical-minerals-in-clean-energy-transitions to read the Executive Summary and/or the full report.
According to Mark Mills in his Wall Street Journal article on the report and it’s conclusions, “…it exposes the hidden environmental costs and in feasibility of going green”. (Visit https://www.wsj.com/articles/bidens-not-so-clean-energy-transition-11620752282?mod=hp_opin_pos_1)
To me, this report points out the fact that wishing for an ideal world condition often neglects the true difficulties involved or, wishing won’t make it come true. It could easily mean that the rush to go green has created a likely sad disappointment for the planners who did not do their homework before shouting from the bully pulpit.
Sad. There will be a lot of red faces when the word gets out to political opponents of President Joe Biden and the media. This is too big to ignore or downplay, especially as the IEA shows that the sources for the critical materials are not in the U.S.A. or anywhere else in the Western world.
The IEA
“The IEA is made up of 30 member countries. In addition, thanks to its successful open door policy to emerging countries, the IEA family also includes eight association countries. Three countries are seeking accession to full membership, Chile, Israel and Lithuania.”
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