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This fascinating article highlights the environmental, social and geo-political impact of extracting two of the fundamental elements needed in the drive towards electrification and,...
This fascinating article highlights the environmental, social
and geo-political impact of extracting two of the fundamental
elements needed in the drive towards electrification and,
ultimately, net zero: lithium and copper. Many current extraction
technologies require huge volumes of water, often in water-poor
parts of the world. Significant investment and innovation is going
to be required to remove these barriers to net zero.
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