It is the obligation and duty of governments in every country to generate electricity using progressively cleaner sources of energy.
It is our obligation to shift to cleaner and less polluting transportation.
It’s a win for everyone.
The challenges is this huge shift are significant for governments and for individual citizens.
There will always be sceptics, and nay sayers. Current battery tech will always be compared to ICE performances.
But the real question is “do we have a choice? And how long will the shift take?
But as the song goes “…times, they are changing…”
I think we are all in agreement that exploitation of human labour in any industry is despicable.
Exploitation of children is specially so whether it’s in coal or lithium mining, in brick making, fireworks, textile, garages, restaurants or any industry.
Again it’s the duty of governments everywhere, state and central to ensure this does not happen. It’s also our duty to report such instances when it happens.
There is as we know a strong link between poverty and child labor but this cannot be accepted as an excuse.
Governments need to ensure purchase and imports of mined ores and extracts are from processes that don’t abuse rights of people and children anywhere.