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Originally Posted by Dondilion
When corporations run up against environmental regulations they go abroad and/or "greenwash" their methods.
Many of the so-called scarce minerals are here in the US. The manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles is going to tax the planet.
https://theguardian.com/commentisfre...lt-flats-chile |
Electric cars are a solution that is part of the problem. In order to reduce carbon emissions enough to stop, but not reverse Gobal Warming, would require reducing the world's standard of living by 50 percent which isn't going to happen. For the west, which would experience the greatest decrease, the Great Depression would become the good old days.
I think you are correct that oil is playing a role in the Ukraine that is being 'overlooked' due to bad optics for the US.