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Zendo deb takes a look, and sees some disturbing truths
Don’t expect to see much coverage in the US media. From The Guardian: Child labour, toxic leaks: the price we could pay for a greener future
Our green energy comes with environmental devastation, and large side-order of child labor. (And dead children.)
First up there is the child labor in Africa.
Metals such as lithium and cobalt provide examples of the awkward issues that lie ahead, said Herrington. Both elements are needed to make lightweight rechargeable batteries for electric cars and for storing power from wind and solar plants. Their production is likely to increase significantly over the next decade – and that could cause serious ecological problems.
In the case of cobalt, 60% of the world’s supply comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo where large numbers of unregulated mines use children as young as seven as miners. There they breathe in cobalt-laden dust that can cause fatal lung ailments while working tunnels that are liable to collapse.
The US .gov just shut down plans for a cobalt mine in Minnesota (or Wisconsin – but I think it was MN) because it would be bad for the environment. They are apparently happy to have dying children in The Congo
Go read it all. So, if these stats are true, there are certain people who are pushing like hell to “GO GREEN” to “SAVE” us and the “FUTURE” for our children. Again, do the people pushing this agenda know what the results could well be? If so what is their motivation? Do your own research and think about what you find out.
