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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