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solo@piefed.social to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish ·
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The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

www.bbc.co.uk

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The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis

www.bbc.co.uk

solo@piefed.social to Green Energy@slrpnk.netEnglish ·
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The world's race to decarbonise has led to the rise of electric cars - and with it, soaring demand for lithium, which is required for the batteries

cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/1058332

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    Maybe, but the article is 90% about a plant in Nevada; EU regulations aren’t going to affect that much.

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      You don’t think? To sell devices with said batteries in Europe, they have to comply, so like USB-C, it will have a knock-on effect.

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        I didn’t hear that the hostile reaction from the Europeans to Elon’s shenanigans affected his behavior much. He bitched about it, but didn’t change anything.

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