Fake news with an agenda to stir up people about EVs. I hope you are not using a smartphone and pining away for Dorsen. Smartphones contribute to 91 Billion Kg of Cobalt whereas Teslas cars contribute to about 8 million Kg. Lithium batteries are not going away. The issue is with the Democratic Republic on Congo allowing child labor.
Curious..............Which bit is 'Fake'............... sources please??
And..........."The issue is with the Democratic Republic on Congo allowing child labor."
I suggest comes back to 'supply and demand'......................especially from the Western world.
And then there is the (some would say) twisted ethics/morality that most of us are guilty of in that if it occurs in someone else's backyard its not our problem because its not our doing even though OUR purchasing of the products with its 'content' drives the demand for such practices as child miners.
And yes...........Lithium batteries are not going to go away any time soon because of the money there is to be made and every money making exercise usually has some collateral damage and that is more to the point of this little rant of mine because on the one hand we have folk chest beating about their savings ($'s) with their beloved Prius and also how it is supposedly making this BIG difference in reducing the worlds pollution levels and then there is a 'dark side' to the exercise which you and me and probably many others are happy to ignore or claim its not our problem!
Does Hypocrisy come to mind??
Drink and be merry for tomorrow we could be dead!