The Moral Economy of Resource Extraction and the Future of Industrialization

Economy/Labor Issues (Video) by UCTV

Jun 10, 202501:20:24Business

The "energy transition" is actually a shift from relying on fossil fuels (like coal, oil, and gas) to using metals to generate energy. However, extracting metals has always been a significant environmental and political...

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