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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki
Now do the lithium battery….
‘Lithium-ion technology has downsides — for people and the planet. Extracting the raw materials, mainly lithium and cobalt, requires large quantities of energy and water. Moreover, the work takes place in mines where workers — including children as young as seven — often face unsafe conditions.‘
Battery-grade lithium can also be produced by exposing the material to very high temperatures — a process used in China and Australia — which consumes large quantities of energy.
Cobalt is an important part of a battery’s electrode, but around 70% of this element is found in just one country: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Around 90% of the DRC’s cobalt comes from its industrial mines (90,000 tonnes annually). But in a country where people earn, on average, less than $1,200 annually, the world’s demand for cobalt has attracted thousands of individuals and small businesses, called artisanal miners — and child labour and unsafe working practices are rife.
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Oh and don't forget the cost of the lunch and it's effect on the planet to produce for all those miners that ate today!!!
JESUS!! So...you want to go into what it takes to produce a gallon of gas??? I really don't think you want to go down the road....I can name 3800 people who died on 9-11 because of our dependence on that gallon of gas....AGAIN, you do not want to go down that road.