> but have you considered what it will take in mining to achieve your goal?

Yes:

> fossil fuels require much more mining and drilling than clean energy technologies. Today the world mines 8 billion tons of coal every year, whereas the clean energy transition is estimated to require around 3.5 billion tons of minerals in total over the next three decades.

https://citizensclimatelobby.org/blog/blog/are-clean-technol...