Cobalt is in a lot of stuff, batteries, ceramics, cement, rubber. They pick on electric cars for these stories but it’s really a small part of the cobalt market.
“They pick on electric cars for these stories but it’s really a small part of the cobalt market.”
Yup. The scale of devices using rechargeable batteries is staggering; cars are but a small part.
The outrage is kinda like people who declared SUV drivers should be shot for wrecking the environment, then proceeded to drive around in their gas-powered cars using 80% of the same fuel.