i agree with all the problems. but these mining practices btw also apply to gold, silver, platinum, led, cadmium, manganese, and round about almost EVERY metal mined today. they almost all use some acids and they all leak into rivers. (and SO DO PETROLEUM platforms. yeah, petroleum, thats the shit you put into your non electric car every, single, day!) everything using metal has the described problems.<br>lithium and nickel are just the newest metals to reach industriale levels of scale as all the other metals we use in our every day life.<br><br>electric vehicles are still a net plus. though it is not as big as it is marketed. but if you need a car. electric is still better than gasoline.<br><br>i'm btw really disappointed that the impliciti take away from your video is: if you buy electric you are are worse than the gasoline buyers. if you make a video on a controversial topic like this, and you dont EVEN BOTHER to look at the problems of the alternative method?! what happened to you? are your standards degrading? you once had more integrity :/<br><br><br>about electric being worse (again: implied mandatory conclusion): thats just wrong. its just a lot less nice than the tesla buyers believed it was. <br>so dear tesla buyers: "dont feel bad for your electric vehicle. its maybe not nearly AS awesome as you were told it is, but its still better than the alternative and it was definitly necessary for us to get going onto this new electric path. because the alternative is death for all of us. thank you for buying electric :) - and btw: fuck tesla for LOTS of other reasons around consumer protection, corporate greed, right to repair, etc. etc.^^"