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I'm guessing they meant battery production, which requires the mining of rare-earth elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element#Environmental_Pol
by dnissley 8y ago
I'm guessing they meant battery production, which requires the mining of rare-earth elements: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element#Environmental_Pollution https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_element#Environment...
- tedsanders 8y agoBatteries do not use rare-earth elements (as far as I am aware). You may be thinking of cobalt, which is expensive and mostly mined in the Congo. Reducing the cobalt content of cathodes is a big priority for the industry: https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/09/cobalt-free-car-batteries-in-the-works-for-panasonic-tesla/ https://cleantechnica.com/2018/06/09/cobalt-free-car-batteri...