> The wars in the Congo were fought over Nickel and Diamonds
That's why I said the wars were over Congo's resources. Which by the way included its people and rubber.
> blaming Cobalt (and in turn Lithium Ion batteries)
I'm not blaming anyone.
I just reported the truth that there have been wars in the Congo over its resources and that there are armed groups that control its resources like cobalt today. The conditions of which are often horrific. Correcting the original who said cobalt mining is benign.
Cobalt can't be blamed, it's not alive.
If we're assigning blame, we should be blaming the Western corporate governance where it's trivial to whitewash where resources were extracted and how they were processed. If we insisted that our governments passed laws keeping corporations, and their executives, directly accountable, and requiring that they maintain a full chain of custody, then conditions on the ground in Congo would improve dramatically.
It's not nickel's fault, or the fault of diamonds, or that if electric cars or batteries. The fault is and has always been our own.
That's why I said the wars were over Congo's resources. Which by the way included its people and rubber.
> blaming Cobalt (and in turn Lithium Ion batteries)
I'm not blaming anyone.
I just reported the truth that there have been wars in the Congo over its resources and that there are armed groups that control its resources like cobalt today. The conditions of which are often horrific. Correcting the original who said cobalt mining is benign.
Cobalt can't be blamed, it's not alive.
If we're assigning blame, we should be blaming the Western corporate governance where it's trivial to whitewash where resources were extracted and how they were processed. If we insisted that our governments passed laws keeping corporations, and their executives, directly accountable, and requiring that they maintain a full chain of custody, then conditions on the ground in Congo would improve dramatically.
It's not nickel's fault, or the fault of diamonds, or that if electric cars or batteries. The fault is and has always been our own.