Mark · @MarkBrigham
186 followers · 576 posts · Server universeodon.com@carmendrahl for those who can’t see the original toot, here’s the link Carmen posted:
#lithiumbatteries #cobalt #mining #EVs #congo #drc #artisanalmining #cobaltmines #npr #FreshAir
#lithiumbatteries #cobalt #mining #evs #congo #drc #artisanalmining #cobaltmines #npr #freshair
Exile · @I_Choose_Exile
173 followers · 513 posts · Server mstdn.socialI'm really interested in reading #CobaltRed by #SiddharthKara, but I need to finish all of my unread #Kindle #eBook "pandemic purchases" first.
NPR Fresh Air interviewed Kara, who clarified that he's *not advocating for us to stop using mobile phones, laptops or EV. Rather, he argues that we are all implicated in the #ModernDaySlavery of #cobalt supply chains and therefore must push companies & governments to act.
#CobaltMines #Congo #HumanTrafficking #ChildLabor
🎙https://www.npr.org/programs/fresh-air/2023/02/01/1153372238/fresh-air-for-feb-1-2023-cobalt-mining-leads-to-modern-day-slavery-in-the-congo
#childlabor #humantrafficking #congo #cobaltmines #cobalt #moderndayslavery #ebook #kindle #siddharthkara #cobaltred
Lance · @analogfusion
439 followers · 2759 posts · Server mastodon.artIn more developed nations, people feel good about electric cars, and buying shiny new smartphones every couple of years. But there's a steep human and environmental cost to all these battery-powered devices. #CobaltMines
Silkester · @silkester
66 followers · 581 posts · Server mastodon.social
It is so ... 1, 2, 3,4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ... so boiling my blood.
What? What?
That:
The Dark Side of Electric Cars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_T5DgsO0jc
Short-distant individual vehicle and long distant public transport!!!
#socialJustice #exploitation #slavery #cleanerFuture #climateCrisis #cobaltMines #africa #china #electricCars #mobility
End rant!
#socialjustice #exploitation #slavery #cleanerfuture #climatecrisis #cobaltmines #africa #china #electriccars #mobility