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Lenny Cavallaro's avatar

I urge readers to scroll down to The Real Cost of Technological "Progress" and pay particular attention to all the points listed, most notably this one: << Indigenous sacred sites destroyed for lithium and rare earth mineral extraction. >>

This is painfully true also in Chile: cf., https://www.npr.org/2025/02/23/nx-s1-5266009/chile-lithium-mineral-atacama-desert. Then again, the powerful, uber-wealthy white people have never been particularly concerned about the plight of indigenous people anywhere (including the USA and Chile).

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Three Sonorans's avatar

And how many rechargeable devices, not just phones, are just thrown away in the trash...

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