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The Fight Over Minerals for Green Energy — and a Better Way Forward | Saleem Ali | TED

To transition to clean energy and green technology like electric cars, the world needs massive amounts of essential minerals. Environmental peacemaker Saleem Ali explains the conflicts already arising between countries rushing to mine and extract these precious minerals — and shows how the world can find a way to cooperate rather than fight resource wars.…

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To transition to clean energy and green technology like electric cars, the world needs massive amounts of essential minerals. Environmental peacemaker Saleem Ali explains the conflicts already arising between countries rushing to mine and extract these precious minerals — and shows how the world can find a way to cooperate rather than fight resource wars.

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33 Comments

  1. @vlogs0484

    July 12, 2024 at 7:04 am

    Very informative❤

  2. @fball214life

    July 12, 2024 at 7:11 am

    FOSSIL FUEL IS THE WAY!!! “Drill baby drill”

    • @samuelzev4076

      July 12, 2024 at 9:36 am

      Wrong again trumpy. fossil fuels are finite resources, if we keep using them it will run out because there’s limited amount of prehistoric fossil available. The only way for fossil fuel to be sustainable is that if it’s renewable which is not because it takes million of years to form. Learn science not conservative nonsense

    • @user-pg1ze6su7i

      July 15, 2024 at 5:52 am

      😂😂

  3. @MustDont-z3y

    July 12, 2024 at 7:12 am

    Yo

  4. @pacresfrancis1565

    July 12, 2024 at 7:13 am

    Im surprised that solar energy uses more steel than wind energy. How?

    • @richardb1949

      July 12, 2024 at 8:33 am

      It doesn’t

    • @Dioguenesestacrazy

      July 12, 2024 at 9:33 am

      Well I would think that it is requieres more machines made of steel to create the filaments in the solar panels than it is nesesary in the machines to create the wind mills, still is very confusing but I think that panels are more complex than mills

    • @AL-lh2ht

      July 12, 2024 at 12:25 pm

      Windmills are not in fact mostly made of steel like you image, but different materials.

  5. @julianneedsblood7091

    July 12, 2024 at 7:25 am

    Cereal is not healthy?

    • @Dioguenesestacrazy

      July 12, 2024 at 9:33 am

      Why not?

  6. @RickLambert963

    July 12, 2024 at 7:38 am

    Stop suppression of Zero-point.

    • @Harpie118

      July 13, 2024 at 4:23 pm

      What do you mean?

  7. @jrfsousa

    July 12, 2024 at 7:56 am

    Wasn’t that tried already? It was called neocolonialism…

  8. @danielsullivan1590

    July 12, 2024 at 7:56 am

    So tired snore

  9. @marcvolpe8252

    July 12, 2024 at 9:15 am

    THE FIGHT OVER THE PRESIDENCY IS CRITICAL IF TRUMP WINS AMERICA IS DOOMED AMERICA PLEASE DO NOT VOTE FOR THIS CRIMINAL

  10. @sovanndaily9194

    July 12, 2024 at 10:36 am

    ❤❤❤❤

  11. @lorenzoblum868

    July 12, 2024 at 11:56 am

    We talk a lot about clean energy but disregard the usage of that “clean” energy. What’s the point struggling with the production of “clean” energy if that same energy is used to manufacture more useless trash that will have a very short lifespan and will end up littering our planet as always? This is schizophrenia. Our frantic consumerism trying to be ecofriendly. KAFKAESQUE.

  12. @AdvantestInc

    July 12, 2024 at 12:03 pm

    The proposal for a ‘mineral trust’ model is a fascinating approach to managing the resources needed for green energy. It’s encouraging to see such forward-thinking solutions being discussed!

  13. @bash-dl6rl

    July 12, 2024 at 12:51 pm

    can’t wait to get in the red circle

  14. @bash-dl6rl

    July 12, 2024 at 12:55 pm

    how can you find out about indigenous places?

  15. @bash-dl6rl

    July 12, 2024 at 1:00 pm

    hope everyone where you are from is ok

  16. @bash-dl6rl

    July 12, 2024 at 1:03 pm

    i hope the climate treaty goes through if it’s for the good

  17. @MrBobbystyles

    July 12, 2024 at 1:55 pm

    Remember when Ted talk was real and wasn’t pushing the 1% narrative ?

  18. @muzzybeat

    July 12, 2024 at 2:05 pm

    Anyone who thinks that the US imperialist mafia would not exert force or coercion over this “non-political” governing body has quite a few screws loose in his head.

  19. @johanmavromichalis9203

    July 12, 2024 at 3:24 pm

    Wake up please search.
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    Research Affiliate, School of Public Policy, Georgia Institute of Technology

  20. @zoo-xibbitjayne2081

    July 12, 2024 at 3:24 pm

    Must move to decentralize production and distribution and to deindustrialize the production of essential goods.

  21. @gracedaniella9073

    July 12, 2024 at 6:30 pm

    *Amazing video, you work for 40yrs to have $1M in your retirement, meanwhile some people are putting just $10K into trading from just few months ago and now they are multimillionaires*

    • @meridithjurney6162

      July 12, 2024 at 6:36 pm

      Hello , I am very interested. As you know, there are tons of investments out there and without solid knowledge, I can’t decide what is best. Can you explain further how you invest and earn?

    • @mariamiracle5754

      July 12, 2024 at 6:42 pm

      Hello how do you make such monthly?? I’m a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down 🤦‍♀️ of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God

    • @edwardronald7194

      July 12, 2024 at 6:44 pm

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    • @desmondziko8511

      July 12, 2024 at 6:54 pm

      She’s always active on Whats~App… 🎉

  22. @maciejbujalski7027

    July 13, 2024 at 2:10 pm

    This is nothing more and nothing less than proposal of creating undemocratic, totalitarian regime over the world. Most of the evil is caused with good intentions.

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