Originally Posted by TBM
And lets not forget some of the ethical ssues behind EV's

Child Labour and EV

I think there were some lawsuits at the end of last year following the deaths of several children involved in mining, against several companies including Tesla. Not sure what the results were.


There's a lot of misinformation on tis being peddled by the fossil fuel industry (notably the lovable Koch brothers)

See

https://www.desmogblog.com/2018/05/02/cnn-wrongly-blames-electric-cars-unethical-cobalt-mining

and

https://archive.thinkprogress.org/fueling-us-backward-f50bc6ea4dd2/

"it’s a false dichotomy to suggest that because of child labor, we shouldn’t use electric cars. Children aren’t being put to work because of electric vehicles. Children are being put to work because of a global economic system that exploits the poor and the vulnerable. It’s also misleading to say that because children are being exploited for one product, we should necessarily use another product. "

Tim H.
1986 4/4 VVTi Sport, 2002 LR Defender, 2022 Mini Cooper SE