
Gold rushes: everything you wanted to know
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The End of Gold Rushes
We're about to see one a and this will be deeply, deeply contentious. And thatwill be a rush for undersea mining. There's an estimated 600 trillion pounds of mineral wealth on the ocean floor. These are crucial materials we need to power electric cars and othergreen energies. As we transition from a de carbonizing economy, the chalence will be how to get thate, how to get it without destroying the oceanfloor.
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