Copper and the Dark Side of the Energy Transition

This documentary examines the hidden cost of the green energy transition through the metal that makes it possible, copper. It shows how electric cars and renewable technologies demand enormous quantities of a resource often mined at great environmental and human expense. The film weighs the clean-energy future against the damage of extracting what it needs. Balanced and revealing, it exposes a difficult trade-off behind sustainability. Free to watch in HD on Dr Documentary.

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