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July 16, 2026
Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 2)
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Chris and Charley continue discussing the human and environmental impact of mining for the critical minerals of the green energy transition. In part 2: rare earth elements and nickel.</p> <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ca706f1e12cd6270a307ee152f9eb07b wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">____________________________________</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-ubuntu-mono-font-family has-large-font-size wp-elements-e00fbe2745513f0e6b8e6298b9c73033 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4524724ba17f66821f9050ef7f4f2df7 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Intro:</strong> Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-613f4f9d4d2f9601af16378076cb3010 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 1:</strong> Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f7af46cb947823cc86579077a0866f46 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 2:</strong> The human and environmental costs of green energy mining</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6144a55a9abcaf51b2b4e295f1c4fb96 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 3:</strong> Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5183a119cbc007a7f549b22ebb16e7e9 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 4:</strong> Your life would be way better if we phased out cars</p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Extra:</strong> Hydroelectric is not green energy</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d232784341e83e33d259e178386836f7 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 1:</strong> Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4fe28cee5dcffbe0390799f4681bac90 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 2:</strong> How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-428f1aa8249d189ce8b405a73c84be01 wp-block-paragraph" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 3:</strong> The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims</p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fd554c8fb4f7881ad2e799b061f7b523 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">_____</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1a45243c91441c8131efa3dd6f7e30b2 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Issue 2 is available in <a href="https://www.finitemag.org/issues/issue-2/">written</a> and <a href="https://www.finitemag.org/issues/issue-2-podcast/">podcast</a> format</strong></p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-592e26410fef42fece4c9d12d175ec09 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">__________</p> </div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Images</h2> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="576" src="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cri-tailings-polluted-waters.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-1163" srcset="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cri-tailings-polluted-waters.jpg 1024w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cri-tailings-polluted-waters-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cri-tailings-polluted-waters-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cri-tailings-polluted-waters-600x338.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Image: Climate Rights International, <a href="https://cri.org/reports/does-anyone-care/">Does Anyone Care?</a> / Riza Salman for CRI</p>

June 25, 2026
Iss2/Ch2 Do electric cars generate waste worse than nuclear power plants? The answer may surprise (and poison) you (part 1)
<p class="wp-block-paragraph">Chris and Charley look at the human and environmental impact of mining for lithium and cobalt, two critical minerals of the green energy transition.</p> <div class="wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained"> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-ca706f1e12cd6270a307ee152f9eb07b wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">____________________________________</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color has-ubuntu-mono-font-family has-large-font-size wp-elements-e00fbe2745513f0e6b8e6298b9c73033 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">Issue 2: Green energy & electric cars</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4524724ba17f66821f9050ef7f4f2df7 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Intro:</strong> Why does green energy produce so much toxic waste?</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-613f4f9d4d2f9601af16378076cb3010 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 1:</strong> Comparing wind, solar, nuclear & geothermal energy; mining waste</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-f7af46cb947823cc86579077a0866f46 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 2:</strong> The human and environmental costs of green energy mining</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-6144a55a9abcaf51b2b4e295f1c4fb96 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 3:</strong> Phasing out cars (even electric ones) to save the planet</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-5183a119cbc007a7f549b22ebb16e7e9 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Chapter 4:</strong> Your life would be way better if we phased out cars</p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Extra:</strong> Hydroelectric is not green energy</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-d232784341e83e33d259e178386836f7 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 1:</strong> Planet-saving green energy technology we foolishly never developed</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-4fe28cee5dcffbe0390799f4681bac90 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 2:</strong> How did Congo (the world’s leading cobalt producer) get the way it is?</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-428f1aa8249d189ce8b405a73c84be01 wp-block-paragraph" style="padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Bonus 3:</strong> The Congo Wars (1996-2003) and its millions of victims</p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-fd554c8fb4f7881ad2e799b061f7b523 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">_____</p> <p class="has-contrast-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-1a45243c91441c8131efa3dd6f7e30b2 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)"><strong>Issue 2 is available in <a href="https://www.finitemag.org/issues/issue-2/">written</a> and <a href="https://www.finitemag.org/issues/issue-2-podcast/">podcast</a> format</strong></p> <p class="has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-592e26410fef42fece4c9d12d175ec09 wp-block-paragraph" style="margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)">__________</p> </div> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Images from Ch2/Part 1:</h2> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Lithium evaporation ponds (Luis Robayo / AFP):</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="789" height="864" src="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lithium-evaporation-ponds.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1175" srcset="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lithium-evaporation-ponds.png 789w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lithium-evaporation-ponds-274x300.png 274w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lithium-evaporation-ponds-768x841.png 768w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/lithium-evaporation-ponds-600x657.png 600w" sizes="(max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px" /></figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph"><a href="https://dialogue.earth/en/nature/in-argentina-lithium-mining-leaves-a-river-running-dry/">The dried riverbed of the Trapiche River</a>: Maria Paula Gaido / Ruido:</p> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img decoding="async" width="1024" height="682" src="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-1024x682.png" alt="" class="wp-image-1176" srcset="https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-1024x682.png 1024w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-300x200.png 300w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-768x512.png 768w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-1536x1024.png 1536w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed-600x400.png 600w, https://www.finitemag.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/trapiche-dried-riverbed.png 2000w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></figure>

May 23, 2026
Iss2/Ch1 Dam you straight to h*ck (part 2)
Host Chris and guest Charley discuss the environmental impact of green energy sources and the necessity of phasing out cars.
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