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Clean Energy is not enough (quotefancy.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MrMakabar@slrpnk.net to c/degrowth@slrpnk.net

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[–] JayDee@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Lithium and Cobalt are still primarily mined via slave labor.

Green energy is still blood-soaked colonialism.

[–] starman2112@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Damn guess we have a choice between slavery and carbon emissions, with literally no other options

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks to our current economic system. At least slave labor is not a problem of the technology itself.