Does it bother you that the minerals for your green energy come at a terrible cost?

[Smokin' OP]

Did you have to work in a place like this factory?

US Sportswear Traced to Factory in China's Internment Camps

Behind locked gates in China, ethnic minority Muslims are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teams

www.voanews.com

Love your I Phone?

Life and death in Appleâs forbidden city

In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves

www.theguardian.com

List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

www.dol.gov

Lithium-Ion Batteries ILAB has reason to believe that lithium-ion batteries manufactured in China are produced with an input produced with child labor, specifically cobalt ore mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt ore from the DRC was added to ILAB’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in 2009 for child labor. Cobalt is used in the production of nearly all lithium-ion batteries. The DRC produces the majority of the world’s cobalt. Most cobalt-producing mines in the DRC are owned or financed by Chinese companies. In 2020, China imported $2.17 billion of cobalt from the DRC. Between 49–80 percent of China’s refined cobalt imports are used to produce battery chemicals and components. Global imports of lithium-ion batteries from China were reported to be over $16.5 billion in 2020. Of the $4.3 billion in lithium-ion battery imports to the United States in 2020, 47.22 percent ($2.1 billion) were imported from China. This research suggests that further downstream products containing lithium-ion batteries may be produced with an input produced with child labor, such as electric cars, laptops, and cell phones.

The Democrats' favorite subsidized industry, of course. Several American billionaires love it no end.

Sure..........Wasn't it Trump was cancelled US participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership?
Wasn't it Trump who signed a brand new trade deal with China?

 

[DudleySmith]

Sure..........Wasn't it Trump was cancelled US participation in the Trans Pacific Partnership?
Wasn't it Trump who signed a brand new trade deal with China?

And what is the fantasy you're told to parrot about the TPP, exactly? You think just because Obama got paid to peddle that scam it was going to end child and slave labor or something?

lol that's cute. TDS sufferers are always spouting crazy stuff.

 

[Smokin' OP]

Does it bother you that nuke and coal power both create radioactive waste? That has a life of several hundred to thousand years?

Yes coal ash is radioactive ..........

No such thing as a safe storage for radioactive waste ........

Sure there is.
DUHSantis has the answer.

Florida moves forward on radioactive road paving plan ...​

NPR
https://www.npr.org › 2023/06/30 › florida-roads-radioa...
Jun 30, 2023 — Ron DeSantis signed a controversial bill into law Thursday. Conservation groups had urged DeSantis to veto the bill, saying phosphogypsum would ...

"Phosphogypsum contains appreciable quantities of uranium and its decay products, such as radium-226," according to the EPA, which also notes that because the fertilizer production process concentrates waste material, "phosphogypsum is more radioactive than the original phosphate rock."

"The radium is of particular concern because it decays to form radon, a cancer-causing, radioactive gas," the EPA adds.

 

[fncceo]

Did you have to work in a place like this factory?

US Sportswear Traced to Factory in China's Internment Camps

Behind locked gates in China, ethnic minority Muslims are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teams

www.voanews.com

Love your I Phone?

Life and death in Appleâs forbidden city

In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves

www.theguardian.com

List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

www.dol.gov

Lithium-Ion Batteries ILAB has reason to believe that lithium-ion batteries manufactured in China are produced with an input produced with child labor, specifically cobalt ore mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt ore from the DRC was added to ILAB’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in 2009 for child labor. Cobalt is used in the production of nearly all lithium-ion batteries. The DRC produces the majority of the world’s cobalt. Most cobalt-producing mines in the DRC are owned or financed by Chinese companies. In 2020, China imported $2.17 billion of cobalt from the DRC. Between 49–80 percent of China’s refined cobalt imports are used to produce battery chemicals and components. Global imports of lithium-ion batteries from China were reported to be over $16.5 billion in 2020. Of the $4.3 billion in lithium-ion battery imports to the United States in 2020, 47.22 percent ($2.1 billion) were imported from China. This research suggests that further downstream products containing lithium-ion batteries may be produced with an input produced with child labor, such as electric cars, laptops, and cell phones.

The Democrats' favorite subsidized industry, of course. Several American billionaires love it no end.

Nowhere near that nice.

 

[Smokin' OP]

And what is the fantasy you're told to parrot about the TPP, exactly?

No fantasy.
It was in the news.

Given the chance to wean the US' dependency on China, Trump declined.
Instead........doubling down on his buddy, Jinping.

You think just because Obama got paid to peddle that scam it was going to end child and slave labor or something?

Never stated that but teabaggers like the idea.

The Republican push to weaken child labor laws, explained​

Vox
https://www.vox.com › policy › child-labor-laws-yout...
May 5, 2023 — Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the “Youth Hiring Act” — a law eliminating Arkansas' requirement that 14- and 15-year-olds get work permits. The ...

Child labor protections are the latest Republican target​

https://www.vox.com › policy › 12 › child-labor-laws...
Mar 12, 2023 — Arkansas is leading the charge against laws that protect kids — despite revelations of dangerous child labor nationwide.

lol that's cute. TDS sufferers are always spouting crazy stuff.

That's what Trump Delusional Syndrome has always done, teabaggers love it.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

No fantasy.
It was in the news.

Given the chance to wean the US' dependency on China, Trump declined.
Instead........doubling down on his buddy, Jinping.

Never stated that but teabaggers like the idea.

The Republican push to weaken child labor laws, explained​

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Vox
https://www.vox.com › policy › child-labor-laws-yout...
May 5, 2023 — Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed the “Youth Hiring Act” — a law eliminating Arkansas' requirement that 14- and 15-year-olds get work permits. The ...

Child labor protections are the latest Republican target​

https://www.vox.com › policy › 12 › child-labor-laws...
Mar 12, 2023 — Arkansas is leading the charge against laws that protect kids — despite revelations of dangerous child labor nationwide.

That's what Trump Delusional Syndrome has always done, teabaggers love it.

Children being allowed to work on the FAMILY FARM they will inherit is not quite the same as being force to dig in dirt for rocks BAREFOOTED and DEHYDRATED now is it.
And Trump slapped tariffs on China like candy much to the whining of the left.

 

[Blues Man]

Yeah, those coal and petroleum products are so clean and environmentally friendly.

At least there aren't slave children working in coal mines and oil fields

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Only in the mind of a libtard is a child being allowed to work for compensation the same as a child being forced to work as a slave in a mining operation or clothing factory.

Truly some dumb motherfuckers

 

[Moonglow]

At least there aren't slave children working in coal mines and oil fields

Why do you want to deny children a job if they need one?

 

[Blues Man]

Why do you want to deny children a job if they need one?

Yeah 8 year old kids should be working 12 hours a day in a mine

 

[Moonglow]

Yeah 8 year old kids should be working 12 hours a day in a mine

If it was okay for my great grandpa it's okay for today's kids.

 

[Blues Man]

If it was okay for my great grandpa it's okay for today's kids.

Now you're just being a troll.

You got one piece of kibble from me but that's it.

 

[fncceo]

Yeah 8 year old kids should be working 12 hours a day in a mine

Builds character.

 

[francoHFW]

lol lol lol now this is some seriously delusional rubbish here.

I give up what the heck are you talking about.... The dupe ignoramuses are always coming up with these judgments but don't explain what the heck they're talking about. You embarrassed with your BS?

 

[francoHFW]

Did you have to work in a place like this factory?

US Sportswear Traced to Factory in China's Internment Camps

Behind locked gates in China, ethnic minority Muslims are sewing sportswear that can end up on U.S. college campuses and sports teams

www.voanews.com

Love your I Phone?

Life and death in Appleâs forbidden city

In an extract from his new book, Brian Merchant reveals how he gained access to Longhua, the vast complex where iPhones are made and where, in 2010, unhappy workers started killing themselves

www.theguardian.com

List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor

www.dol.gov

Lithium-Ion Batteries ILAB has reason to believe that lithium-ion batteries manufactured in China are produced with an input produced with child labor, specifically cobalt ore mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Cobalt ore from the DRC was added to ILAB’s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor in 2009 for child labor. Cobalt is used in the production of nearly all lithium-ion batteries. The DRC produces the majority of the world’s cobalt. Most cobalt-producing mines in the DRC are owned or financed by Chinese companies. In 2020, China imported $2.17 billion of cobalt from the DRC. Between 49–80 percent of China’s refined cobalt imports are used to produce battery chemicals and components. Global imports of lithium-ion batteries from China were reported to be over $16.5 billion in 2020. Of the $4.3 billion in lithium-ion battery imports to the United States in 2020, 47.22 percent ($2.1 billion) were imported from China. This research suggests that further downstream products containing lithium-ion batteries may be produced with an input produced with child labor, such as electric cars, laptops, and cell phones.

The Democrats' favorite subsidized industry, of course. Several American billionaires love it no end.

That's why it's such good news that America actually has plenty of these deposits for the foreseeable future. China has peaked and there are too many Chinese tourists in the world for communism to survive very long....

 

[Blues Man]

Builds character.

Troll # 2

Maybe that's why you have no character. You weren't forced into slave labor as a child.

 

[fncceo]

Troll # 2

Maybe that's why you have no character. You weren't forced into slave labor as a child.

 

[Blues Man]

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Prove that's you

And that is a far cry from digging rocks with a hammer 12 hours a day.

 

[Ralph Norton]

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Didn't those old manual push mowers suck?

 

[fncceo]

And that is a far cry from digging rocks with a hammer 12 hours a day.

Says you... crabgrass is a bitch and a half.