Alaska has wind. And also very long summer days.
Solar has got so cheap that idling them half the year is no big deal.
Solar has got so cheap that idling them half the year is no big deal.
Rare earths: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-...
Copper: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/nov/09/copper-minin...
Mining both have a devastating impact on their local environments.
Copper is used heavily in all electric power systems, so does not count against any. Likewise, all industrial energy infrastructures depend heavily on mining, less-electric ones most of all. So, please do not throw up this irrelevant canard again.