Posted on 12/25/2022 9:17:13 AM PST by C19fan
A Harvard professor and author stunned podcast host Joe Rogan by telling him that almost every lithium battery-powered tech device relied on today by the western world is powered by slavery in cobalt mines in the Congo.
Siddharth Kara, the author of the book Cobalt Red: How The Blood of The Congo Powers Our Lives, insists there is no such thing as 'clean cobalt' - the term given to describe ethically mined cobalt.
Appearing on Joe Rogan's podcast earlier this week, he told the Spotify host that in fact, almost every single device used today that relies on a lithium battery is powered by slavery.
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Yeah, but a bird might die and Trudeau couldn't stand the shame. /s
It is not just Africa. The lithium mines in South America are pretty nasty too.
Even a communist revolutionary like Ochs couldn't miss the reality about SJWs.
As he described them, "Ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally".
Uh, duh. The Chinese give zero fvcks about Human rights, but it doesn’t fit the narrative that The West is racist and evil, and just wants to go back to owning slaves.
So... No, you won’t hear about it.
Also mica mines in India for use in cosmetics.
I saw a documentary on that recently, too.
Ping
This news was reported more than a year ago and nothing has been done.
Well at least the tree huggers can sleep better knowing there was no mine allowed on US soil because of the endangered speckled three striped mouse.
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