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10. Actually, the belief that batteries are sustainable is...

...something of a crime against humanity.

Literally. The conditions associated with cobalt slaves in the Katanga province in Congo admits no moral excuse.

There is an excellent book on this topic, recently published called "The Elements of Power."

I have long held the opinion that one should not be able to graduate from high school without being able to state the second law of thermodynamics in a simple form, which would be something on this order: "Storing energy wastes energy."

The material and land requirements of so called "renewable energy" makes it tragic enough. But the dependence on redundant systems, most often fossil fuels, makes it even worse.

Neither solar energy nor batteries are sustainable. The common belief to the contrary held on our side of is our answer to their creationism.