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Did you know wind turbines aren’t recyclable? What happens when globalisation fails and post-industrial states like Europe and the US are left to mine their own materials? How can we mitigate climate change without plunging billions into poverty?

Simon Michaux is an associate professor in the circular economy solution unit at the Geological Survey of Finland. He models the mining and energy industries to figure out what we can do sustainably—and what is nothing more than greenwashing—and drops more than a few bombshells throughout this episode concerning energy use and politics.

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