Energy expert Dr. Lars Schernikau: It sounds simple… until you do the math.
• 1 GWh battery = 700,000 tons of mined materials
• Takes 450 GWh to build (450x its capacity)
• Stores as much as 400 tons of coal
Hours of storage. Massive mining, degradation & risks.
This doesn’t fix intermittency, it multiplies the destruction.
‘Batteries are an environmental nightmare’.