Devastating risks of transitioning to 'green' energy: Mining for electric-powering minerals has left 23 million people exposed to toxic waste, 500,000km of rivers polluted and 16 million acres of farmland ruined

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[–]Maggotus 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Because those countries it gets mined in dont support or enforce environmental laws. The companies mining dont abide by them if they are there, and the people running the mines in those countries are entirely corrupt. If the laws were in place and enforced like they are in our countries then a lot of that would not be happening.

[–]bife_de_lomo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Killing all that cattle? Looks like a climate two-for-one to me

[–]MagicMike 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Under cover of environmentalism, our leaders want to destroy America. If they did it obviously, we’d fight back.

[–]twolanterns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

out of sight, out of mind

its also that scaling up the whole thing - the expense will price many people out of it - another thing adding to control