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Deep-sea mining and renewable energy
- "Resting atop Thomas Peacock’s desk is an ordinary-looking brown rock. Roughly the size of a potato, it has been at the center of decades of debate. Known as a polymetallic nodule, it spent 10 million years sitting on the deep seabed, 15,000 feet below sea level. The nodule contains nickel, cobalt, copper, and manganese — minerals that are essential in energy storage." - Excerpt from MIT. Sadly, these nodules would have to be extracted from the seabed by a notably harmful practice known as seabed mining. Learn more here.
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