Even before humans developed metal tools, stonework, jewelry and mineral wealth have been an integral part in human society. With the advent of the industrial revolution, with coal being exploited as a primary energy source for heating and locomotion, even more minerals ranging from copper to iron to aluminum became accessible on a scale never before seen. Now, with fossil fuels such as coal and oil becoming more difficult to source and pressure from environmental concerns causing a search for greener energy, a new frontier in mining for the green economy, ranging from lithium to cobalt, has opened, raising new challenges and opportunities in the never ending search for wealth from beneath.
Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 260 – Mining – From the Depths of the Earth – After Dark
— References —
- Other People’s Money, Jewison (1991)
- The Machine that Built the World, Myth of the 20th Century (2020) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2020/12/12/the-machine-that-built-the-world/
- The Ukraine Crisis – After Dark, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/03/18/the-ukraine-crisis-after-dark/
- The World for Sale – Commodity Trading in Uncertain Times, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/the-world-for-sale-commodity-trading-in-uncertain-times/
- Mineral commodity summaries 2023, USGS (2023) – https://www.usgs.gov/publications/mineral-commodity-summaries-2023
- Mark P. Mills, Manhattan Institute – https://manhattan.institute/person/mark-p-mills
- Art Berman – https://www.artberman.com/
The link to the new Substack just returns ASCII gibberish for me, so I gave up. FYI.
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Not sure which link is giving you trouble. This is where the primary substack is: https://theamericansun.substack.com/
For each episode, there is also a direct download link for the MP3 in addition to the RSS option. If you simply click the audio file link in this post, for example, it should open a download in your browser (https://api.substack.com/api/v1/audio/upload/92e70a45-405b-4d41-8478-456e95599801/src?token=0bcd5760-dadf-4029-8a81-1c25abb63ef7&download=true)
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Thank you for another edifying show. Gentlemen-scholars I believe was the term once applied to your like. Please continue. As a inhabitant of the Maple Dominion, all I can say is I wish I could get more offended by your occasional slights towards us up here, but honestly I can’t anymore.
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Included for its anthropological value:
With compliments,
Johnny Maple
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