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EP 168 Nate Hagens on Collective Futures

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The Challenges With Renewable Energy

The challenge is that we're running out of the amount and of the low cost in order to continue economic growth. We are re-materializing the economy, because like an electric vehicle uses six times the metals and rare earths than a conventional car does. And so what ends up happening is in an attempt to decarbonize the economy for climate change reasons. So I personally don't think that we can continue a 19 terawatt economy using renewables alone.

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