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bonkers that EVs are known to depend on child labor/slave labor in the DRC to the order of 2kg/5lbs of cobalt PER EV, and people think it's cool to drive them a
by wonder_er 2y ago
bonkers that EVs are known to depend on child labor/slave labor in the DRC to the order of 2kg/5lbs of cobalt PER EV, and people think it's cool to drive them around.
When I see them, I think of how broken-hearted I would be for my three year old kid if she were 'employed' in the slave labor industry of cobalt mining in the drc.
some EV batteries don't consume cobalt, I concede, but the industry and market and trade and slavery still is created and sustained by the EV industry. I could never.
I propose that you consider adding a >125cc scooter to your mobility toolkit. It's a convivial vehicle class.
- virgildotcodes 2y agoBonkers that the climate change fueled by fossil fuels is leading to children starving to death due to changing weather patterns, more extreme droughts, and my god how many children and adults will live and die in agony as it really kicks in and global mass migrations for survival truly develop, I could never. This was written as someone that drives a gas powered car. Your comment reads like a meme being seeded on the internet by oil companies to muddy support for a transition away from fossil fuels.
- stephenr 2y agoI don't drive an EV but devils advocate is pretty easy here: Bonkers that ICE's are known to contribute to climate change globally and cause air quality issues at a local level, and people think it's cool to drive them around. You're broken hearted for your hypothetical 3 year old in a hypothetical mine, but you don't see a problem with the same hypothetical 3 year old growing up in a world without clean air, with increasingly extreme weather events?