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How much nastier than coal, or iron, or copper? I would say those are nasty. Nobody can ever tell me how lithium is supposed to be nasty, other than the media
by epistasis 3y ago
How much nastier than coal, or iron, or copper?
I would say those are nasty. Nobody can ever tell me how lithium is supposed to be nasty, other than the media runs lots of articles on it without any comparison to other mining.
This is a very earnest question, I'd love to find an answer to this, but have not found out yet, despite hours of research!
(As far as your doubt, which numbers are you doubting?)
- ijhuygft776 3y ago> (As far as your doubt, which numbers are you doubting?) 535x
- ethagnawl 3y agoThe "nastiness" also usually lumps in phony, pearl clutching concerns about human rights abuses, as if those issues aren't inherently capitalistic and present in the existing fossil fuel extraction, processing and use life cycle. One example is the "epic" Joe Rogan clip that was making the rounds late last year. I'm sure lithium production is "nasty" but it can almost certainly be done more responsibly (especially on the labor front) and it can also be recycled once it has been extracted. This narrative reeks of big oil propaganda.
- ijhuygft776 3y ago> The "nastiness" also usually lumps in phony, pearl clutching concerns about human rights abuses, as if those issues aren't inherently capitalistic and present in the existing fossil fuel extraction, processing and use life cycle. One example is the "epic" Joe Rogan clip that was making the rounds late last year. I dont care about human right abuses in this case as it was not the subject. If anything, killing humans would probably be a benefit from an environmental standpoint (at least on Earth)...