This is the problem with the EV narrative. It assumes they’re clean and green just because you don’t pump their tanks full of gas.
They are better than gas and diesel vehicles, but they still have a massive impact as mining operations expand to supply minerals for batteries.
They are better than gas and diesel vehicles, but they still have a massive impact as mining operations expand to supply minerals for batteries.
.@triofrancos has done a lot of great work specifically on lithium mining in South America, and how greater demand is fueling more mines that cause damage to local environments and communities.
Her latest is worth a read: logicmag.io/nature/what-gr…
Her latest is worth a read: logicmag.io/nature/what-gr…
I also wrote about the bigger picture, citing an @Earthworks report on how the demand for these metals will grow exponentially, the damage mines are already causing in the Global South, and how it will also get worse. link.medium.com/pD1T5DWIj2
Anyone who tries to shrug off the growing damage caused by mining by saying we’ll sort it out when we use more is doing so in bad faith.
Did we address the problems with fossil fuels when we started using more? No, we just made sure marginalized people bore the brunt of it.
Did we address the problems with fossil fuels when we started using more? No, we just made sure marginalized people bore the brunt of it.
