I'm firmly in favor of moving away from fossil fuels as quickly as possible, but this documentary gave me some things to think about. The extraction of rare earth minerals creates serious problems, and these problems are only expected to get worse in the coming decades. Hopefully we can get a discussion going on this.
Will technological advancements get us, within a reasonable timeframe, to a point where rare earth minerals are not required for green energy? I'm not convinced.
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