Imagine believing that millions of these things erected almost silently overnight in every corner of The World are simply here to provide you with better internet.
Your iPhone and electric vehicle require cobalt and other minerals, the global majority of which are mined with child labor in the Congo.
@adampopescu interviews the author of Cobalt Red on the steep cost of all of our swiping, streaming, and charging: https://t.co/P6l96os3Pz
As automakers gather at #CES2023 to proudly announce their newest models of EVs, I wonder how much time they will spend discussing that this is the kind of hellscape from which the cobalt in their batteries is mined?
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@elonmusk I’m curious to how you plan to ethically source cobalt after seeing an article about it, are you planning on visiting these mines like @siddharthkara??
@elonmusk@SawyerMerritt It seems the toxicity of Cobalt mining for the components of rechargeable batteries gets slid under the rug for the "GREEN" side that's so heavily promoted, while people are essentially being forced to mine cobalt and making almost nothing...
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