Posted on 02/19/2020 7:46:08 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants
Picking through a mountain of huge rocks with his tiny bare hands, the exhausted little boy makes a pitiful sight.
His name is Dorsen and he is one of an army of children, some just four years old, working in the vast polluted mines of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where toxic red dust burns their eyes, and they run the risk of skin disease and a deadly lung condition. Here, for a wage of just 8p a day, the children are made to check the rocks for the tell-tale chocolate-brown streaks of cobalt – the prized ingredient essential for the batteries that power electric cars.
And it’s feared that thousands more children could be about to be dragged into this hellish daily existence – after the historic pledge made by Britain to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2040 and switch to electric vehicles.
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HOA - had to look it up. Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia.
I suppose these kids are predominantly from Christian families, bullied out of a settled existence by the religion of peace.
ABANDONED MINES!
How does that make the tragedy of children digging in mines less tragic?
Uh,
ABANDONED MINES!
So? They were abandoned by the mining companies. The locals go into them and extract the cobalt by hand.
“So? They were abandoned by the mining companies. The locals go into them and extract the cobalt by hand.”
Finally you recognize your fake news!
Remember, we ruined Greta’s life. These kids are just fine...
How is THAT fake news? Are they not being exploited? Are the Chinese not buying the raw ore and refining it and selling it to battery manufacturers all over the world?
Wait, I’ve got it! Did you just buy a Tesla?
Yea, her biggest worry is whether the average global temp goes up by 1.2 or 1.5 degrees in the next century and that ruined her childhood.
“How is THAT fake news? Are they not being exploited? ‘
Not as Miners; as scavengers.
Interesting that you believe the liberal anti-everything Barbara Jones puts out!
There is more than one source. Look it up.
Your lack of compassion tells much about you.
“Wait, I’ve got it! Did you just buy a Tesla?”
No, but I sold my Tesla stock today for really nice profit!
“Your lack of compassion tells much about you.”
I dont see any compassion in putting out liberal propaganda!
So, if soldiers and terrorists with guns are forcing children to dig wells, trenches, and graves, (which we experienced), that’s okay, because at least they are not picking through gravel in some cobalt mining process...
“So, if soldiers and terrorists with guns are forcing children to dig wells, trenches, and graves, (which we experienced), that’s okay, because at least they are not picking through gravel in some cobalt mining process...”
It may be OK with you but if I were you I wouldn’t post it.
Omg. I did not know this. Geez.
Their official language is french so the names might be translated into English.
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