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The Miners
The Miners
Rare earth metals are essential for our modern life, whether in EV motors, cell phones, or in electronics in general. Mining these metals is notoriously difficult and dirty. How might a Solarpunk future address this issue? How might we get there from where we are today? Through this prompt we explore the realities of rare earth mining today and a few ways it might evolve into a sustainable future.
Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Miners
Links mentioned:
https://www.escatec.com/blog/rare-earth-elements-electronics-manufacturing
https://getrepowered.org/rare-earth-metals-recycle-technology/
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/3/234917-electronics-need-rare-earths/abstract
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rare-earth-mining-renewable-energy-future
https://www.snexplores.org/article/recycling-rare-earth-elements-hard-reuse-greener-technology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213297X1730054X
https://www.ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin
Music in this episode is:
“Golden” and “Kelp Grooves” by Little Glass Men
(CC BY)
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By James TomasinoThe Miners
Rare earth metals are essential for our modern life, whether in EV motors, cell phones, or in electronics in general. Mining these metals is notoriously difficult and dirty. How might a Solarpunk future address this issue? How might we get there from where we are today? Through this prompt we explore the realities of rare earth mining today and a few ways it might evolve into a sustainable future.
Transcript: https://wiki.tomasino.org/writing/Solarpunk-Prompts---The-Miners
Links mentioned:
https://www.escatec.com/blog/rare-earth-elements-electronics-manufacturing
https://getrepowered.org/rare-earth-metals-recycle-technology/
https://cacm.acm.org/magazines/2019/3/234917-electronics-need-rare-earths/abstract
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/rare-earth-mining-renewable-energy-future
https://www.snexplores.org/article/recycling-rare-earth-elements-hard-reuse-greener-technology
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2213297X1730054X
https://www.ica.coop/en/cooperatives/cooperative-identity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Bookchin
Music in this episode is:
“Golden” and “Kelp Grooves” by Little Glass Men
(CC BY)