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The White Gold Rush

The White Gold Rush

Lithium is so much more than the name of a (very) famous Nirvana song. Lithium is a metal affectionately known as white gold, and it’s having a moment.

On today’s show we are examining the environmental implications associated with our growing lithium needs for batteries in electric vehicles, laptops, cell phones, and more.

 

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[3:00] Everything you need to know about lithium: its benefits, its drawbacks, how it’s extracted

[8:45] The white gold race and the political/economic forces at play

[9:45] Environmental concerns and controversies with Lithium Americas at Thacker Pass, Nevada

[14:00] Answering listener questions about EV battery length, recycling concerns, and more

[23:00] 3 lithium-related action steps for conscious consumers

 

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Lithium is so much more than the name of a (very) famous Nirvana song. Lithium is a metal affectionately known as white gold, and it's having a moment. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: the environmental implications associated with our growing lithium needs for batteries in electric vehicles, laptops, cell phones, and more.

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Every week, we drag our trash bins to the curb, close the lid, and forget about them. But where does "away" actually go? And does the mere existence of waste "management" mean we can continue to consume more and more without major consequence?

On today's show, author and sanitation worker Simon Paré-Poupart discusses what he's learned in his 20 years on the back of a Montreal haul truck. He's here to pull back the curtain on the grueling yet essential work of waste collection. He's also here to offer a  sociological reflection on modern consumerism, systemic waste, and the human cost of hiding our cultural detritus.

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[5:00] We didn't always have all this trash, and we didn't always have a need for "waste management"

[12:00] A society's trash reveals an awful lot about a society. What does our trash reveal about us?

[19:00] Recycling might give us a boost of moral satisfaction, but that moral satisfaction is ultimately just fuel to buy more stuff

[22:00] On why waste management is integral to maintaining the status quo

[27:30] The mere existence waste management is a symptom of this much larger problem

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