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Five@slrpnk.net to Environment@beehaw.orgEnglish · 1 year ago

US’s Electric Vehicle Boom Is Deepening the Suffering in the Congo

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US’s Electric Vehicle Boom Is Deepening the Suffering in the Congo

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Black transit activists in the US are calling attention to the plunder of the Congo for cobalt mining.
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    Primarily LFP, and as for cars that currently use them, off the top of my head base model Teslas, Fords, some Kia, and basically everything BYD or other Chinese manufacturers export use it.

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      Oh wow, I thought LiFePO4 had cobalt. Yeah, that’s like the most common type

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