Posted on 01/30/2023 7:46:16 AM PST by hillarys cankles
For years, big tech companies like Apple and Tesla have assured the customers of their glossy stores and showrooms that all their goods are ethically sourced and sold.
But a new series of images taken from inside mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where 90 percent of the world's cobalt is mined and used to make the batteries that power our tech-led lives, raise uncomfortable questions.
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To help put things in perspective:
From Numbeo website, regarding food prices in the Congo:
Loaf of Fresh White Bread (50.00 g) 0.15 $
$2 a day. Seems high to me. Don’t they know they are saving the planet? $1 a day should be fine. Oh I know. Al Gore can give them carbon credits to sell. “Each day you work, you get a carbon credit you can sell back to the mine owner.”
Yep. Thanks EPA and liberals for shutting down America’s mineral exploitation.
Sad to see young children working that way, covered in chemicals.
[snip] The first quarter of this year, amid the tremendous din of Musk’s desired acquisition of the social platform Twitter, Tesla revealed that nearly half of its vehicles produced in that time frame featured cobalt-free lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries. [/snip]
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