Did I miss something from the article? Why are you talking about lithium batteries when the lawsuit was clearly about a coal mine? Also, cutting off coal production sounds like the most direct way to promote alternative power sources?
Australia mines lithium, sells to China to make batteries. China uses coal in process as it is energy intensive. It might be one of the reasons, why China still needs so much coal.
Alternative power source is only part of the equation, to use it when you need it, you need a way to store it. This is why gas, oil and coal are so convenient - it is a source and a storage and you can dial production output up and down.
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Did I miss something from the article? Why are you talking about lithium batteries when the lawsuit was clearly about a coal mine? Also, cutting off coal production sounds like the most direct way to promote alternative power sources?
Australia mines lithium, sells to China to make batteries. China uses coal in process as it is energy intensive. It might be one of the reasons, why China still needs so much coal.
Alternative power source is only part of the equation, to use it when you need it, you need a way to store it. This is why gas, oil and coal are so convenient - it is a source and a storage and you can dial production output up and down.