Has the life of the humans digging up important electric car resources improved? Do you empathize with them?
The worlds major suppler of lithium is Australia.
Oct 17, 2019 - A mid-career Miner with 5-9 years of experience earns an average total compensation of AU$122,607
I don't think $122.607 a year is in need of much improvement.
Cobalt is usually the target when they talk of child labor and horrific conditions.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo supply's around 50% of the worlds cobalt
Only about 15% of the cobalt mined in the Congo comes from the Artisanal mining responsible for the human rights abuses.
Tesla the worlds biggest manufacture of electric cars is making an effort to insure its cobalt is ethically sourced.
Tesla have also reduced the amount of cobalt used in their battery's and are working to do away with it entirely .
The oil industry uses much of the worlds cobalt in the process to refine petrol.
We never hear about their ethics.
You have been mislead by the campaign to discredit electric cars by the oil industry.
