Former President Donald Trump had bragged about his success in opening the region to oil production after decades of political fighting over the resources locked under the tundra there.
Former President Donald Trump had bragged about his success in opening the region to oil production after decades of political fighting over the resources locked under the tundra there.
Read the room. Gas is likely going to get much more expensive in the next few decades, and that’s probably for the best. If you don’t like it then get an electric car.
It’s going to be more expensive due to an artificial scarcity. There is an abundance of oil, we’re just not drilling for enough of it
I’d gladly pay a little more for gas knowing it came from a north american oil well than have the blood children working in african cobalt mines on my hands.
A billion people are on track to die from climate change, according to some estimates.
https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-warn-1-billion-people-on-track-to-die-from-climate-change
Even if we call that highly inflated, maybe it is, maybe it isn’t, some non-negligible number will certainly die as a result with some multiple of that facing harsh negative impacts. A disproportionate number of those will be in Africa.
If your argument is based in morality, it’s absolutely absurd to suggest the moral concerns of cobalt mining outweighs that of climate change.
You raised a very valid concern, let’s work to make it better instead of running back into the burning building.
Fuck them kids. /s
Yeah child labor is fucked up but we need to pressure our government and corporations to get more sustainable mines and better conditions for the workers.
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I’d rather not buy any gas or any other fossil fuel. Let the price rise and force people to buy renewables.