Unintended Consequences

[Zam-Zam]

Two stories:

California Enacts World-Leading Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035, Cut Pollution

California Enacts World-Leading Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035, Cut Pollution | California Governor


Sounds good, right?


Unless you know the whole story, that the self-congratulatory news release somehow missed:

Nickel mining: the hidden environmental cost of electric cars

The extraction of nickel, mainly mined in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Russia and the Philippines, comes with environmental and health costs


Nickel mining: the hidden environmental cost of electric cars | Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian

Also:

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands (mongabay.com)


The more you know, etc.

 

[sensible don]

Two stories:

California Enacts World-Leading Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035, Cut Pollution

California Enacts World-Leading Plan to Achieve 100 Percent Zero-Emission Vehicles by 2035, Cut Pollution | California Governor


Sounds good, right?


Unless you know the whole story, that the self-congratulatory news release somehow missed:

Nickel mining: the hidden environmental cost of electric cars

The extraction of nickel, mainly mined in Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Russia and the Philippines, comes with environmental and health costs


Nickel mining: the hidden environmental cost of electric cars | Guardian sustainable business | The Guardian

Also:

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands

Red seas and no fish: Nickel mining takes its toll on Indonesia’s spice islands (mongabay.com)


The more you know, etc.

So you will stop using your lithium battery powered hand tools - amiright?

 

[Zam-Zam]

So you will stop using your lithium battery powered hand tools - amiright?

Are they mandated by the government?

This is a discussion of public policy. Focus.