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Energy storage, especially | Energy storage, especially | ||
Sodium-ion batteries | Sodium-ion batteries | ||
Reason: Because lithium-ion is | Reason: Because lithium-ion is too mineral-intensive to scale up. | ||
To be used for mid-range electric vehicles and smoothing out the day-night cycle of solar panels. | To be used for mid-range electric vehicles and smoothing out the day-night cycle of solar panels. | ||
They don't even have to be as energy dense as lithium-ion. | They don't even have to be as energy dense as lithium-ion. | ||
Energy sources - some combination of | Energy sources - some combination of | ||
Solar panels without scarce minerals | Solar panels without scarce minerals | ||
Reason: Most of today's solar panels on the market are | Reason: Most of today's solar panels on the market are too mineral-intensive to scale up. | ||
To be installed on as many | To be installed on as many rooftops as possible. | ||
This could provide enough "general-purpose" electricity for homes, buildings and EVs, but not enough for heating in cold parts of the world. | This could provide enough "general-purpose" electricity for homes, buildings and EVs, but not enough for heating in cold parts of the world. | ||
Wind turbines | Wind turbines | ||
Mostly for producing hydrogen gas | Mostly for producing hydrogen gas | ||
Can later be burned for heating buildings and in | Can later be burned for heating buildings and in combustion vehicles | ||
Fuel cell vehicles are too platinum/palladium-intensive to scale up, but hydrogen production | Fuel cell vehicles are too platinum/palladium-intensive to scale up, but hydrogen production is not. | ||
During local windy seasons, can also be used for electricity directly. | During local windy seasons, can also be used for electricity directly. | ||
Thorium power | Thorium power | ||
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Individual action: Frugalism | Individual action: Frugalism | ||
Collective action: Fight against planned obsolescence | Collective action: Fight against planned obsolescence | ||
Yes, these actions would have the most impact - see :File:energy-demand-pie1.png | Yes, these actions would have the most impact - see this pie chart :File:energy-demand-pie1.png. | ||
Note that climate change isn't the ''only'' major environmental problem. There's also habitat loss. The most effective way to stop this is via food: | Note that climate change isn't the ''only'' major environmental problem. There's also habitat loss. The most effective way to stop this is via food: | ||