Chinese demand for nickel, an important ingredient in EV batteries, has triggered a mining boom in the remote regions of Indonesia. The country has signed over a dozen deals worth more than $15 billion with suppliers for EV giants like Tesla and Hyundai Motor, but deaths and injuries from industrial accidents have been racking up.

  • verdare [he/him]@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    Probably because we consume the most resources per capita and drive demand? And because you’re only looking at articles written in English?

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        China isn’t the end destination of all the stuff they manufacture.

        If you pay somebody to murder someone you’re still legally responsible for that death, even if you avoided actually pulling the trigger. Same shit with resource use and pollution - paying China to produce stuff for you rather than doing it in-country doesn’t magically absolve you of all responsibility for the resource use and environmental destruction that is required to maintain a modern western lifestyle.