The push to electrify our vehicles is driving a scramble for cobalt, which is almost exclusively mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
All truthseekers (and anyone still open to hearing the truth) needs to hear this interview with Siddharth Kara, author of Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers our Lives.
Aired: March 3, 2023 on CBCcradio/the current
https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-63-the-current/clip/15969899-the-human-cost-cobalt-element-powers-devices
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We are all complicit in these atrocities.
ReplyDeleteLithium battery manufacturers should pay these workers a decent. wage even if it. means they have to accept less profits, and we have to pay more for our electric devices.
This is just one example of how corporate greed (profiteering at any cost) is violating human rights and destroying the environment.
ReplyDeletePredatory capitalism must be regulated so this irresponsible behaviour is prevented.
We need a breakthrough in battery technology that does not use cadmium or lithium.
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