AI is Spurring a Gold Rush—for Actual Gold
And more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
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How the energy transition and digital technology are spawning environmental havoc, political upheaval, and murder—and how we can do better.
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AI is Spurring a Gold Rush—for Actual Gold
And more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
Will the Iran War Hasten the End of Gas Stations? (A Summer Rerun)
And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
Will the Iran War Hasten the End of Gas Stations? (A Summer Rerun)
And more about the human and environmental costs of renewable energy and digital technology—and how we can do better.
Scavenging for Pennies Amid the Ruins of War
Plus: The Island of Ancient Copper, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
Scavenging for Pennies Amid the Ruins of War
Plus: The Island of Ancient Copper, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
The White House May Have Helped Get a $620 Million Deal for a Trump Jr.-Linked Company
Plus: The continuing crisis of sand, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
The White House May Have Helped Get a $620 Million Deal for a Trump Jr.-Linked Company
Plus: The continuing crisis of sand, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better.
Are Slaves Mining Rare Earths?
Plus: Putting retired EV batteries back to work, and more about the real costs of renewable energy and digital tech—and how we can do better. Subscribe at powermetal.substack.com!
Putting Retired EV Batteries Back to Work
Talking about how we can re-purpose used EV batteries to shore up the grid and save critical metals with Moment Energy CEO Edward Chiang at Web Summit Vancouver 2026!