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</td></tr></table>Eliehttps://thechange.wiki/index.php?title=Archive:000/Draft:Cobalt&diff=817&oldid=prevElie: Created page with "Cobalt is a rare metal (mineral) (element on the periodic table). ==Demand== <!-- TODO: add pie chart --> Lithium-ion batteries make up most of the world's demand for cobalt. But this demand would be nearly {{p2|250 times higher|<q>It is estimated that 1 in 250 cars on the road is electric</q> - <cite>How many electric cars in the world? - Feb 1, 2023 - 8 Billion Trees - https://8billiontrees.com/carbon-offsets-credits/cars/how-many-electric-cars-in-the-world/</cite..."2023-03-24T21:56:46Z<p>Created page with "Cobalt is a rare metal (mineral) (element on the periodic table). ==Demand== <!-- TODO: add pie chart --> <a href="/index.php?title=Lithium-ion_batteries&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lithium-ion batteries (page does not exist)">Lithium-ion batteries</a> make up most of the world's demand for cobalt. But this demand would be nearly {{p2|250 times higher|<q>It is estimated that 1 in 250 cars on the road is electric</q> - <cite>How many electric cars in the world? - Feb 1, 2023 - 8 Billion Trees - https://8billiontrees.com/carbon-offsets-credits/cars/how-many-electric-cars-in-the-world/</cite..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>Cobalt is a rare metal (mineral) (element on the periodic table).<br />
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==Demand==<br />
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[[Lithium-ion batteries]] make up most of the world's demand for cobalt. But this demand would be nearly {{p2|250 times higher|<q>It is estimated that 1 in 250 cars on the road is electric</q> - <cite>How many electric cars in the world? - Feb 1, 2023 - 8 Billion Trees - https://8billiontrees.com/carbon-offsets-credits/cars/how-many-electric-cars-in-the-world/</cite><br /><br />Small smartphone/laptop batteries wouldn't be much in comparison.}} if all vehicles were electric{{x|powered with lithium-ion batteries}}. There [[Lithium-ion batteries#Need for cobalt|wouldn't even be enough]] cobalt mines on Earth to supply this.<br />
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==Supply==<br />
===Child labor===<br />
Over 70% of cobalt comes from the Congo. About 20% of Congolese cobalt comes from unregulated "artisan mines" where children do most of the labor (why{{x|1- Families so poor that both the parents and children must go to work; 2- Children are used for entering smaller (often dangerous) tunnels in the earth.}}).<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHvq-8np1o Gravitas Plus: The dark side of Electric Vehicles]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Minerals/table]] - includes data on cobalt's global mineral reserves and estimated labor-intensity</div>Elie