Humanoid robots are constructed from critical minerals like silver, copper, lithium, cobalt, and rare earth elements. As production scales, these resource demands raise concerns about sustainability and supply chain challenges.
Elon Musk’s lithium projects and AI data centers are accelerating a new U.S. resource rush—draining water, polluting cities, and exposing the dark side of the green energy transition.
Kawasaki's Corleo is a hydrogen-powered, AI-equipped robotic horse designed for personal transport. As silver supplies diminish, hydrogen aims to fill the "alternative for silver" gap.
Ukraine wants to rebuild. The U.S. wants reliable access to strategic minerals. The deal might get both what they want—but it might also put Ukraine in a long-term extractive relationship where its mineral wealth props up the US Military Industrial Complex.
Although Silver has been discussed in and around solar PV demand, OECD has not specifically addressed the silver supply crisis. They warn that due to the need for quadruple the resources, the future may be fraught with conflict, corruption, human rights and environmental damage or worse...