Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech
lust
The fancier and greener the product is, the
heavier the environment burden seems to be.
Rare minerals such as cerium and neodymium
are used in all sorts of high tech products such as electric cars, smartphones
and hard drives. While these rare minerals are found in other part of the
world, most of them are produced in inland China. Why? It isn’t because of the
production efficiency or product quality but because of the environmental
burdens that other part of the world is unwilling to bear.
Once you see the place and smell the air in
the town where those rare minerals are mined and refined, you may no longer view
the tech gadgets you use every day in the same way.
Enjoy reading and seeing the photos and videos
to learn the behind the scene of your tech gadgets.
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