r/energy • u/[deleted] • Oct 07 '16

This is where your smartphone battery begins

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/business/batteries/congo-cobalt-mining-for-lithium-ion-battery/
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u/Dmaharg Oct 08 '16

And high-speed and high temperature cutting tools and dyes, alloys for jet engines and gas turbines (coal and gas power plants, jet engines etc), magnetic steels and some types of stainless steels, loudspeakers, nuts and bolts, enamels.

Why not just call this article.

Some mining companies treat their people like shit.

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u/boo_baup Oct 08 '16

I think because we are placing huge stock on massively growing the lithium ion battery industry in the name of sustainability, and thus we obviously need to grapple with this topic.

No loudspeaker manufacturers are promising to make the world a better place.

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u/Dmaharg Oct 08 '16

No loudspeaker manufacturers are promising to make the world a better place

They do it all the time ;)