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August 23rd, 2022. How Green is Green Energy? The Chinese Government is Coming After our Cows

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How Green Is Your Grid?

Ford is buying huge volume of chinese batteries for its mustang make and for the f one 50 lightning pickup truck. Battery manufacturers in china don't just make the batteries, they also control the cobalt and the lithium inside. The materials come from foreign mines in places like the congo which are largely controlled by china too. Consumers are being asked to buy these electric vehicles all based on the premise that they are stopping climate change. But how true is that?

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