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It\u2019s December 28th. You\u2019re listening to the President\u2019s Daily Brief. Your morning intel starts now.\n------\nWelcome back to Part III of this week\u2019s updated and refreshed series on Dirty Green Energy. Others might call it Renewable Energy, or Clean Energy. But not us, not here. That\u2019s because we\u2019re setting aside the spin and agendas, and instead we\u2019re sticking to the facts. And it turns out, the facts and data say there\u2019s nothing clean or green about the two issues we\u2019ve already covered: solar and wind energy.\n\nToday we\u2019re going to talk about batteries. Ah, but as it turns out, we need two different briefs on how dirty these things are. First we\u2019ll tackle the minerals inside those batteries, and then \u2014 in tomorrow\u2019s brief \u2014 we\u2019ll talk about the dirty process of refining and manufacturing these batteries.\xa0\n\nBut before we begin: a reminder. The goal of this series is to remind ourselves of one very important and often ignored fact: every form of energy comes with a cost. Whether that be environmental, humanitarian, national security, or reliability. And we all know that\u2019s true for traditional forms of energy like natural gas and oil. That\u2019s why the media and politicians like to call it Dirty Oil or Dirty Coal.\n\nBut we rarely if ever hear about those dirty costs related to solar, wind, and electric vehicles. Why is that? Hmm. Odd. Well here on the PDB we\u2019re going to do what others won\u2019t. We\u2019re going to talk about facts and then let you decide whether it\u2019s dirty or clean, and whether it\u2019s smart for America to adopt this industry for its energy future.\n------\nPlease remember to subscribe if you enjoyed this episode of the President's Daily Brief.\nEmail: PDB@TheFirstTV.com\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices