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You think in 2025 we will be talking about children mining by hand in the Congo in horrible conditions to provide all those lithium batteries for that future? T

You think in 2025 we will be talking about children mining by hand in the Congo in horrible conditions to provide all those lithium batteries for that future? There is a price for everything.

diafygi 9y ago
Fun fact. Afghanistan has huge lithium resources. https://nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html https://nytimes.com/2010/06/14/world/asia/14minerals.html
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- Analemma_ 9y ago
  Oh, well never mind then: Afghanistan has much better labor protections than the Congo /s
  - princeb 9y ago
    it will when afghanistan becomes the USA's 51st state. (or maybe 52nd after NK)
- andrewtbham 9y ago
  I assume he is referring to cobalt, not lithium. https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/c...