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The world’s next resource conflict

Jul 10, 2010
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Clean Energy, Renewable Energy, Solar Power, Wind Energy, Wind Power

BERLIN, Feb. 22 (UPI) — The next resource conflict could be about minerals and rare earth elements needed to fuel the green economy, as China, which supplies most of the minerals, is considering limiting exports.

There is great hope for a green boom to transform the CO2-heavy world economy into one that is less dependent on fossil fuels and more sustainable. Experts envision solar panels and wind turbines to produce clean power and heat and electric cars to cruise tomorrow’s roads.

The problem with these technologies is that they rely on minerals and rare earth elements, or REEs, which are produced by politically unpredictable countries, including China.

The market for REEs — needed for hybrid cars, wind turbines, solar panels and defense industry products such as missiles and radar systems — has tripled in size over the past decade.

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Published: Feb. 22, 2010 at 4:05 PM
By STEFAN NICOLA, UPI Europe Correspondent

 

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Build Renewable Energy NOW.

Jun 26, 2010
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Clean Energy, Education, Environment, Renewable Energy, Video

Our desire to live comfortably on this planet does NOT give us the right to kill the oceans.

Offshore drilling is killing the oceans.

Our survival depends on healthy oceans.

We need to replace dirty energy with clean energy.

The amount of work required to replace dirty energy with clean energy is HUGE.

The effort to become a clean energy planet requires that we create 11.5 TW of new non-carbon based energy in the next 25 years.

To generate this much new energy, we will need to retool our global economy.

In chapter 9 of the video lecture below titled “Climate Change Recalculated,” Saul Griffith proposes a plan for what it would take to retool the world energy production.

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RETooling for Renewable Energy Jobs

Jul 2, 2009
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Renewable Energy

Renewable energy businesses are rapidly expanding and growing due to volatile oil prices, political turmoil, climate change concerns, and government incentives.

As renewable energy businesses flourish and proliferate, they have an increasing need to hire talented and experienced management and technical professionals.

This talk focuses on the knowledge and skills needed to break into renewable energy.

We discuss which of your existing skills and talents will be most valuable to renewable energy businesses, and what new background and knowledge you may wish to acquire to better make the jump to a career in renewables.

At the end of the talk, participants will have a roadmap to guide them in retooling to join 21st century explosion of renewable energy.

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