Posted on 08/07/2024 6:26:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
From the cobalt miners in Africa to the black Americans in the “clean energy” industry, exploitation of black communities and their people remain an integral part of the “green” agenda, especially when you consider it in the context of the Harris-Biden electric vehicle mandates and policies; here’s a report from journalists Amy Scott and Sean McHenry from Marketplace, a division of Minnesota Public Radio (MPR), detailing the current situation:
Black workers are paying the price in the the rush to mine cobalt
Whether you’re using a cellphone or an electric vehicle, there’s a good chance that the battery inside it contains cobalt from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In fact, it’s estimated that over 70% of the world’s cobalt comes from Congolese mines, but the growth of that industry has come at a human cost.
‘In many ways, the working conditions in these mines are unregulated,’ said Adam Mahoney, a reporter at Capital B. According to Mahoney, in order to compete with China’s EV production, the United States has come to rely on ‘artisanal’ cobalt mines, which are often unregulated.
‘It’s driving hundreds of thousands of Congolese people into these very dangerous tunnels where thousands of people are dying every year as they collapse.’
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
Correction: EVERYONE is paying the price (except for the Pol Oligarch class) for the EV/New Green Deal Agenda ™
This would be a deadly serious matter if Conservatives were pressuring the economy to adopt electric vehicles.
But since it’s something liberals want, we’re supposed to avert our eyes from the consequences.
They’ll run out of resources to make batteries long before we’ll run out of Oil ,LOL
EV/New Green Deal = rebranded/remarketed COMMUNISM
Climate Crisis = rebranded/remarketed COMMUNISM
Save Democracy = rebranded/remarketed COMMUNISM
...etc, etc. etc....
There seems to be a common thread...I just can’t quite see it...
Black Jobs
But it’d make for a great Trump campaign ad.
BTTT
The exploitation of our replacements will make history.
More EV's using fossil fuel generated electricity.
Increased use of fossil fuels for an increase in global mining. Not to mention the pollution from mining itself.
But if Trump says “black jobs,” heads explode.
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