What you don’t care about the conditions of cobalt miners? Is it because they have the wrong skin color? Because there’s no pictures of them in your newsfeed? You don’t want to watch because you’d rather play with your toys oblivious like the petulant child you are? Get off the internet and read a book! WE DON’T NEED COBALT MINES! They just perfected a sodium battery, learn to stop hating black people for what’s happening to our environment!
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scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
Yeah, not watching a propaganda video that is encouraging not going green. Tarnish mining operations, not the idea of going green.
Going green is a massive umbrella term that includes things like EVs, but also planting trees, reducing waste, recycling, walking instead of driving, public transit. This is just an inflammatory clickbait title.
icepick3455o65@lemmy.world 8 months ago
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
I honestly have no idea what’s going on with this thread. My entire point was to criticize mining operations, exactly like what you’re saying, but don’t conflate it with the notion of going green. Honestly baffled. Then the person below things I was going against them.
I’m just annoyed that they used the term “the cost of going green”, when really it should be “The cost of mining batteries” or something. Going green can also mean planting trees.
People are really assuming my thoughts here.
Viper_NZ@lemmy.nz 8 months ago
Lithium Iron phosphate batteries already use zero cobalt and are proven tech at this point.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
EVs aren’t even really going green. They are less destructive than ICEVs, but they’re still awful for the environment.
scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 months ago
Yes yes the merits can be debated left and right, it doesn’t change my point that they’re tarnishing the entire idea of going green.
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Yeah I was agreeing with you.