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The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisis (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by solo@piefed.social to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

But isn't that part of what the EU law is trying to tackle

[–] solo@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I have the impression that in the EU what they care more about is having a constant supply and recycling. At least this was my understanding from the European Critical Raw Materials Act.

Maybe there's another piece of legislation that tackles the issue of how these materials are mined, but I don't know about it. So if anyone does, please share.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's this thing, I think: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/waste-and-recycling/batteries_en

[–] solo@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

In this link, they also mention the sourcing of materials, but they don't really talk about it. The focus is on recycling.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe, but the article is 90% about a plant in Nevada; EU regulations aren't going to affect that much.

[–] sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You don't think? To sell devices with said batteries in Europe, they have to comply, so like USB-C, it will have a knock-on effect.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I didn't hear that the hostile reaction from the Europeans to Elon's shenanigans affected his behavior much. He bitched about it, but didn't change anything.