The one question none of these people can answer is why?

Tantalum is just one of many rare elements on the periodic table needed to make your phone/laptop/desktop/tablet work.

Tech companies don't like to talk about it but, it comes at a terrible cost.

Everyone knows of the environmental and climate costs. But few know or care about the costs detailed in this video...

*WARNING: Mentions rape, murder, mutiliation, and general violence.

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Globally speaking, we're using enough [energy and resources to give 20 something billion people decent living standards](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452292924000493), we're just not using it properly.

That said, we definitely need to cut the amount of non-renewable energy used, but [which locations/areas among top energy consumers should](https://i.imgur.com/vLvcBdM.png) be making those cuts? What can be done to make the cuts happen in said areas? And how much do we need to cut? What number should be the target for non-renewable energy use (in TWh)?

It is absolutely imperative that we control the means of production, not for any conceptual reasons, but so that we can make the necessary changes in production methods for which there is not a business case.

https://makaiside.com/politics/on-the-coming-financial-crisis/

A baby bust is coming - and faster than researchers realize. Economic growth will slow down. Lean into that. #degrowth