The Rare Metals War: the dark side of clean energy and digital technologies

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Guillaume Pitron reveals the uncomfortable reality behind our transition to green energy and digital innovation. While the world moves away from fossil fuels to save the planet, this shift creates a dangerous new reliance on rare metals like graphite, cobalt, and indium. Pitron spent six years investigating the global supply chain, uncovering how the production of wind turbines, electric cars, an…

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