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Minerals and the clean-energy transition: the basics

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  • Jan, 2021
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David Roberts
@drvolts
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www.volts.wtf
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The clean-energy transition will require huge amounts of key minerals like lithium and cobalt, used to make cleantech like batteries & wind turbines. They are often mined under soci... Show More

The clean-energy transition will require huge amounts of key minerals like lithium and cobalt, used to make cleantech like batteries & wind turbines. They are often mined under socially & environmentally dubious conditions. Is it a new resource curse?

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Noah Smith @NoahSmith ยท Jun 19, 2022
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Worried that the transition to renewable energy will require an unavailable or unsustainable amount of metals? Read this:
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