Very clearly wind tourbines and solar power. They are renewable. You can reuse their compounds again and again. The mining problems are locally. So it can may have influence on a couple of thousands or some million people.
Global warming has influence on all ecosystems. So in one or the other way on all human beings, animals and plants of this earth. It will inevitably cause mass migration the world did not have encountered yet.
And the world will offer less opportunities for life in total.
So I have no doubt, that the emission of carbon dioxide is the biggest cause of future wealth destruction. And the reduction of its emission can lower the most harm in the world.
The total productivity of our world has its roots in the opportunities for life. When less life is possible, less wealth is possible. And no speach in the world and no oppinion will change a damn thing in this reality.
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Couple of millions? Are they on a different planet?
If China limit the exports of refined REM you understand that at least each continent ( if now each country ) has to create refineries for these minerals and once the soil and waters are poisoned you can't contain it into regions.
Back in the days they believed that the ozone hole was created from CO2, today we have more CO2 in the air and the hole is shrinking.
So personally I think it is like a choice between getting shot, hang or poisoned ... none of the choices are good for humanity - until we find a better solution for refining REM.