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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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    But isn’t that part of what the EU law is trying to tackle

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      I have the impression that in the EU what they care more about is having a constant supply and recycling. At least this was my understanding from the European Critical Raw Materials Act.

      Maybe there’s another piece of legislation that tackles the issue of how these materials are mined, but I don’t know about it. So if anyone does, please share.

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        It’s this thing, I think: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/batteries_en

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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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