Batteries, the Rare Earth Quandary and the Deep Sea
World Ocean Radio8 Maalis 2021

Batteries, the Rare Earth Quandary and the Deep Sea

This week on World Ocean Radio: part twenty-eight of the multi-part BLUEprint series. In this episode we talk about batteries, increasingly in demand as we push toward a carbon-neutral future. There is a quandary built into this solution: the extraction of rare metals, the push for mining permits on land and sea, the waste and by-product, the emissions, and the collateral damage to the environment is all reminiscent of the fossil fuel paradigm. Is this old strategy, dressed in new clothing, a...

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