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Americans Can’t Afford Their Cars; Iran's War Metal

2 days ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

You might not believe in climate change, or that cars are a huge contributor thereto. You might not care about the environmental costs of mining the metals we need to build motor vehicles. But there’s one thing we can all agree on: cars are a huge money-suck. In fact, those totems of American life are becoming increasingly unaffordable for the average American.
Congo’s Corporate Mines Are Awful, Too; From Coal to Critical Metals

1 week ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

By far the most infamous problem involving critical metals is the children working in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. That single country produces the bulk of the world’s supply of this battery metal. Those kids mostly toil in the country’s informal, small-scale artisanal mines, which produce an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the DRC’s cobalt. But conditions are supposed to be much better in the DRC’s officially licensed, corporation-operated industrial mines.
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2 weeks ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

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Cracks in China’s Great Wall of Rare Earths; How To Make Batteries Cheaply

1 month ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

Last week, a new crack appeared in the wall of China’s control of an important critical metal. So far it’s a small one, but significant because it concerns a type of rare earth metal the production of which China doesn’t just dominate—China produces essentially all of it.
Millionaire Metal Thieves; Recycle Your Butt

1 month ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

We tend to think of “metal thieves” as grungy meth-heads pilfering fistfuls of electric cables. But Tou Sue Vang of Sacramento, California parlayed stolen metal into a luxe lifestyle of giant homes, fancy cars and gold jewelry. Vang, 33, was a key player in a nationwide catalytic converter theft ring that made him and his family more than $38 million—until they got caught.
Africa’s Homemade EVs; Starting Gun for Sea Mining?

1 month ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

Yuma Sasaki is aiming to help Ethiopia leapfrog right over gasoline vehicles into an electric-powered future. But not by importing Teslas, or even cheap Chinese EVs. Instead, his startup, Dodai, builds electric motorbikes right in the capital of Addis Ababa. It’s one of a small but growing number of homegrown companies building electric vehicles in Africa, for Africans.
How Sludge and Shrimp Shells Could Power Your EV; Of Trade Wars and Sand; Brad Pitt Cameo!

2 months ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

Many thanks to the many of you who have upgraded to a paid subscription in the last few weeks! If you’re not one of them, I hope you’ll consider it. I’ve always been an independent journalist, mostly making my living as a magazine freelancer. But that industry is dying. I still believe independent journalism can make a difference in the world, and I intend to keep it up. But to do that, I could really use your help.
You Can’t Tariff Sunshine and Wind; Handling A Million Pounds of Dangerous Batteries

2 months ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

Happy Thursday! For the last couple of weeks I’ve been asking readers to consider upgrading to a paid subscription, and the response has been great. If you haven’t made the jump yourself, I hope you’ll think about it. For many years I’ve made my living as a magazine freelancer, but now the news business is collapsing. Journalists have been laid off by the boatload, and once-mighty publications have shriveled or disappeared completely.
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2 months ago | powermetal.substack.com | Vince Beiser

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