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by instaheat 893 days ago
Good.

I've been reading "Cobalt Red" How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives and it is deplorable how the Congolese people are treated.

Maybe they'll discover or manufacture a material that can replace Cobalt that has the same thermal stability but by then it will be too late.

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LFP batteries[0] are cobalt-free and make up over half of the EV market as of mid-2022[1].

0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_iron_phosphate_battery

1: https://m.energytrend.com/news/20220520-28100.html

Looking into this now - very cool!
Downvoted for having compassion for people? Interesting.
Just wait until you learn what the oil industry has done.