Not all ... The bad and dirty politician are implanted by the West . If the tried to stand up like magufulli ,, sankara , and even Lumumba the west get rid of them. They are determine to keep Africa poor and underdeveloped. Thia is why a united Africa is paramount to african children survival ...Globally too.
Africa is a continent. Not all African countries are corrupt. Please let us stop referring to 50 some countries as corrupt. Yes some are but the name isn't Africa. Here this is the DRC. Democratic Republic of Congo. I know we didn't learn geography of African countries in my school so I know that probably other people have not learned it in school so therefore I'm not saying there's anything wrong with what you're saying because you were probably talk this way now you know that this is happening in the Congo specifically
You understand, that they do not have other source of income? If they did not do this they would die of hunger. They must be supplied with safety equipment, medical support. But if they lose this source of income, they will not have another one.
@@coffeetime3293 nobody dies of hunger in poor area like that, lady.if this buisness stops we start doing something else , sewing or other things ( i am not from the same country as the one in video, but similar)when the mines not there, government will have to help make something else. When my community was going through this transition we sold knitted things , to other places and even nearby province. The minors are getting really less while foreign countries make all the profit maximum.
There's a quote from the 2006 movie Blood Diamond which always stuck: “Throughout the history of Africa, whenever a substance of value is found the locals die, in great number and in misery."
The Quote forgot to mention that it happens because the people who control the land where the resources are want to get as powerful and rich as possible without regard for human rights or future sustainability. So Other people with the same mentality take advantage of their greed and in the end only those that had the most money benefit, while everyone else suffers
It is disgusting how these people have to live when the government gets so much money from their Countries resources , And they don’t even have enough to live / feed on, something IS VERY WRONG here.
This comment, along with many here, speaks from great levels of compassion which I can appreciate, but also suffers from levels of ignorance due to knowledge being formed from just a 20 minute long video. Cobalt is sourced in many countries other than just DRC, in these countries the conditions are much better for the miners and they are built in a way where it is either far away or has ways to prevent toxication of surrounding people. The issue is that DRC just has sooo much Cobalt, a populous of entrepreneurial go-geters, and a government who is corrupt. So, conditions in company owned mines where we see the trucks coming out of will be much better than those in the Co-Op ran smaller mines operated by local congolese. THis is because there is very lax and not enforced safety standards here. So, when a company finds a big reserve of Cobalt, they build a mine. These reserves are usually far away from cities and large populations. However, congolese hard working miners move in from all over and choose to live very close to these mines and reserves because they do not have cars or public transportation that allows them to commute form safer locations to the mines easily. Companies have moved in to do a better job at tracking where their cobalt comes from, trying to make sure its not from the worst conditions - for example, Tesla now uses blockchain to verify where its cobalt and nickle comes from. I am not sure how Chinese companies play into this.
@@ShroomCorp naive and ignorant. Even if it's true that Tesla attempts to control the sources, doesn't negate the fact that they still contribute to the insatiable need for mining these items & causing harm to the locals. No matter how they try to control the source, they're 100% contributing to the demand/harm. And ignorant end-users who believe its everyone else but themselves 🤦🏻♀️
Why does the Chinese have control over African Mines? This world is going to hell and faster than we think. No one has any real clues as to what is really happening. Soooooo sad. 😩
Nothing in this world is as "environmentally friendly", "zero waste", etc. as some people want to achieve. There is always someone suffering or someone exploiting something 😥😥
Not with nuclear, not Anymore at least, we already have more than enough fuel to last us till we finally crack fusion... Waste disposal is only an issue due to NIMBYs. All the nuclear waste could be stored safely in a mile wide area in the middle of Australia no problem. But they ALWAYS bitch about "but think of our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grand-CHILDREN 🧐😫😵🤢🥴🤕😱🥺😜!"
@@luisgutierrez8047 you still need to mine uranium for nuclear energy and that brings its own environmental and social side effects that are not pleasant either.
Yep most 3rd world countries are 3rd world because of this mentality and power over them. At the end it really comes down to the person that is willing to try to change from a luxurious life style to a humble one. Either way this is sad how people can't even feel sympathetic these days
Someone is also dying from established livings who you don't know. Coal and rubbish burning kill communities world over also. There is no perfect answer
damn cant believe Africa has the richest resources in the world, almost every material in the modern age comes out of Africa. The people of Africa should be among the richest in the world
Not Africa but congo has the most richest resources on the whole continent thanks to Congo DR congo you can have cars and make them work,you have phones thanks to them there is a high chance that the phone, computer,tablet or tv you are using to watch this video has a cobalt and the resources is coming from congo
@@shalbec3232 its not just cobalt, many precious metals and even produce . coffe! many fruits and chocolate ! they provide majority of the world also and the local ironically never tasted chocolate..
Such an interesting documentary that exposes the hidden side of green technology. A powerful reminder that sustainability is more than the environment, it's about considering people's health and livelihoods
Dig deeper... a global movement like what Nike saw decades ago is what is needed. Because green energy is not green in the long run and child labor is exploited and ignored
@Tory's cooking news flash: this isn’t documentary isn’t happening in America. You are suggesting all black people regardless of where they are from on the whole planet are all lumped together and choosing this. Which is of course a racist point of view. Grats.
There's no real, "news", anymore, but an endless diet of mere propaganda. The bought and paid for media is NOT going to publish anything that would expose their monetary masters. Those who have a D OR an R after their name...
don’t get fooled, this is not about going green but about corps exploiting africa and not caring about their supply chain…this happens across the industries and should be regulated
But have you considered why these people would now be devastated at the shut down of these mines? The people are extremely poor and the government didn't invest the result of the mining in the country, they just sold to outsiders and put the profit in their pockets, that's why out of desperation the poor people have to resort to such dangerous living and working conditions in the first place. They have become dependent on the mines for their livelihood. They would naturally be reluctant to leave if they are not provided with equal if not better alternatives and opportunities.
@@Silverraine1 Why would you close those mines? Raise safety standards, eliminate health hazards, pay the workers appropriately...then you could create a win win for the local community and the industry, like it is often done in Europe.
I work in a lot of these places in Africa and have been trying to tell friends and family for years, but it falls on deaf ears. You should see the mountains of used car batteries and fridges and freezers being left to leach into the ground in Lagos Nigeria, also the used Tyre mountains. All exported their from the West. Renewable's are are Western Luxury market, nothing more. Just think about the carbon footprint and where the expensive minerals came from the next time your driving your Tesla around. I have also worked in the Congo as mentioned in this documentary, you have never seen such misery, all to pander to our self indulgent fetish. Greta needs to go take a look.
@@yowten8994 it has too! Until we wake up to fact that renewables are nothing more than a luxury item like a flash car or boat then we're not getting anywhere. Energy prices are going up, ask yourself why !! Basically it's funding very very expensive ways of generating power. A whole multi billion dollar industry has been created our of nothing. It's massively expensive, dirty and exploitive.
@@darthvacation9299 absolutely 💯 darth it's pathetic these fools know nothing this is the transfer of wealth I will not comply these batteries are going to land fill which will poison our water tables like they have done in Africa or we send them to Africa, this is madness. I pray for those who have no voice.
In the congo, is coltan a major mineral mined there by children? I seek docs on it from Vice News(I watch them for all the crazy story's like that one I mentioned lol)
@UurdChuluut Negen thank you for writing that. People like that act stupid like its only because of the government that kind of things happen. Os very convenient to forget the foreign policy or the history...even us as Hans aren't that simple imagine a country,a African country,a rich country in a racist world 🤷🏽♀️
This is very similar to a town in Oklahoma called Picher that also suffered negative effects from the zinc and lead mining. It polluted the ground water and caused many health problems. The town is now abandoned. I really hope these people don't suffer the same fate.
Don’t forget they still have piles of the chafe sitting all over that kids used to play on, there’s still some residents there who refuse to move as well.
Have you read about the protests against mining in Panama? The Vanguard Group, INC is one of the shareholders of one of the biggest copper mining projects in the world and which threatens to destroy the biodiversity of Panama and mesoamerican corridor.
let's not forget cobalt is also used in fuel refining also. This is not a green issue it's a human issue, chocolate, coffee, cheap clothing, fossil fuel extraction all have similar demons. The EV industry is rapidly moving away from cobalt, LFP chemistry in many vehicles is cobalt free.
@@colint8281 Oh I forgot that the LFP batteries Tesla use for the China standard range M3 are zero cobalt. Their existing US batteries have a lot less too comapred to any other li ion battery chemistries in the market... and the 4680 they will roll out soon also has no cobalt.
@@peds103 but let's just focus strictly on the negative instead of looking for ways to solve environmental issues, that's what all these comments are about 🤣
This is beyond saddening. This is as unethical as it gets. There are better ways to source the Cobalt, far away from villages and farms. It's sickening to know that these poor people have no control over what is happening around their villages and the children are the ones suffering the most.
@@xsystem1 That's a deliberate feature which services western corporate interests. If a non corrupt leader takes over congo they will be swiftly assassinated.
Thank you for reporting. The hamrful effects of pollution are apparent, affecting poor innocent children the worst. One can see how worse off the youngsters are compared to the elders. Nevermind the inequality compared to richer countries.
I come from the mining region of Chile, and I can relate completely with that. From the foreign companies having most of the profit while the country itself gets a minor cut, to the dust covering everything. In our place birth defects are not really the issue, but cancer is rampant, I forgot the exact statistic, but it is WAY higher than the rest of the country. We all also have high arsenic concentration in blood. It really made me angry watch this. Hopefully things get better, but tbh I don't trust industrialized countries.
I'm also from Chile, I did not know about the cancer statistics in the northern region being this high so thank you for sharing this info and also I remember when I went to the northern region (Antofagasta, Iquique, San pedro) we were told not to drink any water from the bathrooms, and to only use it to shower and wash your hands and teeth, so you had to buy water to drink. The enviromental situation in our country itself is very much worrying due to desertification and most industries are only worsening this problem so this is definitely something we need to talk about in schools and work so people get informed and we can do something about it, it is hard but we have to fight this problem in every way possible as a country to protect our natural enviroments and resources that people, animals and plants need to survive while considering every person in our society in the solutions and while also considering the economy of our country, knowing that if we keep exploiting people and the enviroment as we have done until now we will truly have worser life conditions in the future and our economy will also be affected
Unfortunately government s are making a fortune selling their people's resources mostly to the Chinese who now are exploiting the world in everyway, these governments should be thrown out, they are evil,. I am praying for all who are exploited in this evil way, it is 2021 and God and the whitehats are in a war withe the evil elites to stop all this, change is coming
@@lindaslider This goverments are there because western countries want them to be. If you throw them out then you get couped/assassinated, and they are back in. Putting this on China is ignoring history, China is only now becoming a superpower... Thank the US and Europe for this situation...
They could care less, and that's part of the issue. People believing they don't profit off this, why it wasn't brought up. Why they continue to promote green energy regardless of cost of life. What a niave comment.
imagine that! they want to control ppl with green energy, not empower them! that is why these govt's and corporations get to ruin those lives in areas like this. so they can create an illusion of saving the planet while destroying it for control. it is sad that these ppl suffer like this. unfortunately it is also the ppl in these area that let it happen do to their govt, a lack of education, and finances to fight for their livelihood!
The DRC has had a history that is fraught with suffering. Imagine this country transformed, where its citizens have clean water, air filtration, and their children are born perfectly healthy. It could. Be done by putting systems and tools in place to clean up the environment and offer the miners and their families a chance to live healthy lives. The corporations that thrive on these minerals should be held accountable for that population of miners that are plagued by these harmful substances that are causing this extreme suffering.
It's just a natural product of capitalism. Neocolonialism, imperialism. The most unethical way to produce a product is usually the most profitable. Capitalism cares about nothing but profit.
I'm a marine engineer. I learned in school that there is almost nothing called "green" energy. Here in the West people will buy a Tesla and think themself the saviour of this green earth, while their car runs on energy produced by coal or other forms of petroleum. Their batteries, produced by cobalt, shipped twice across the world to reduce costs. If I had the chance, I would create a program. Through careful mathematics and calculations, it would help analyze carbon emissions, for example a trailer going from X to Y, with most of its variables. With the help of the UN make it mandatory to drastically reduce carbon emissions. Including this, because every inch of dirt excavated to mine these materials pump more CO2 than your car will produce in a year.
I'm not sure when the "green crowd" forgot elementary school biology, but plants need CO2. CO2 is not an issue, because if there were more CO2, the planet would ironically be greener from an increase in not only plant quantity but in plant size and output, meaning there'd be more food and good, clean oxygen available for the rest of the food chain. Remarkable both how the planet can self-regulate and how people have forgotten this.
Tesla sold in the US is made in the US by the way. It's the most American car you can comparing were all parts are made. And oh, the LFP batteries it uses for its standard range models are cobalt free... so are the new 4860 batteries they are rolling out.
@@snopure not sure if tou know this but too much of anything is bad. There is a balance of elements in our atmosphere we need to keep to avoid acxelerating climate change. Even too much oxygen is not good for humans too.
What we need is a through system of recycling used battery materials, labor robots to take care of dangerous task such as these, Universal Basic Income so people who depended on their jobs to live can still do so, and yes we need to ge rid of Carbon emissions... greenhouse gasses are no joke !
"Can a sustainable green revolution be built without the exploitation of others?" An excellent question that the western world doesn't want you to ask.
Even anyone can invent green revolution without impact the environment the inventor will be kill because he/she will stop those companies making money. Like someone invent car running by water he got kill and his invention never reveal to the public.
I'm not sure this has made it the comments yet, But couldn't a majority of the toxic metals near the agricultural areas be removed by planting specific flora species,as well as dedicated swaths of myceliel networks to further break down other potentially toxic elements? edit: idk if this is feasible, or If anyone knows of any organizations already trying such approaches, but it'd be super low cost and efficient given the temperate zone of the country.
I can't believe I haven't stumbled upon this channel until today. This is exactly the content I love (and at the same time hate) to see. The stuff no media (almost) will show you.
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@@johnschreyer4186 still less than what is being deliberately wasted in phone and computer designs that literally break in ways you can't fix so you have to buy a new one.
@@gladiezlbanaria5094 Phone companies made sure to design the phone in ways that ensure you have to buy a new after a set number of years. You are only allowed to repair you phone in a way that doesn't impact ever increasing shareholder returns
I have a china Vivo V9 3-year-old phone that looks like crap already but still does the job. I've been dreaming to upgrade to the latest iPhone somehow. But finances are going tough. I can't save up for my luxury. Only enough for the bills and some grocery. But then I watched this. I should check my privilege.
This is heartbreaking, and it also makes me very angry. If the companies are making millions out of their misery which also directly impacts their families, the very least they can do is ensure the health and safety of their workers and help in country's economical development. Selfish bastards!
@@TheMIEProject bottom line… these kids are earning a wage to eat that they’d otherwise not have if not for mining. Africa cannot be helped. The world has sent estimated 2.9 TRILLION since 2000 and the continent is no better off than it was 1000 years ago
Seeing that little boy with twisted legs just sitting on the ground outside while other kids just ignored him really made me sad. Humans are social creatures. We need social contact… idk how the other kids and adults don’t view him as a living being with feelings. Just made me really sad to see that.
It's so crazy that people are offended by meaningless things, but people in the world are suffering from real problems. I don't have the best life but I have to count my blessings
Which is why we need to send all the trans people and activists and rights people to these places in the world for a year and after they come back, see if they are still complaining and moaning about the same things
This is part of the reason I don't trust "green" technology. If something that causes this much damage is being pushed for the exact opposite reason, then something must be happening behind the scenes.
When there's mining there's heavy pollution. Mining company and owners should be sued and charged for any bad causes of their mining to the community or atleast it must be in the agreement with the government to enforce it later for the safety and security of the people and the surroundings.
Tech giants need to be held accountable for the exploitation of other people, from a livelihood and health perspective. And we, the consumers, need to be willing and ready to boycott non-ethical companies, and also not to demand the latest and newest.
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It breaks my heart what the enduring people of mother africa suffer daily. Greedy companies exploit weak or currupt government and the people of africa pay prices that we cant even conceive in our nightmares. And all we worry about is consuming. Consume consume consume. We fuel this. We fueled the diamond trade, we fuel the exploitation, destruction and death of millions of people and the earth and yet we sleep in warm beds with a tap that can produce clean water on demand. Its truly heartbreaking and helpless feeling. God be with africa and her people.
All the politicians, media, and corporations who talk about "green" really just mean more money for themselves and their corporate overlords. It's merely a clever means to transfer more wealth up the ladder. The regular person on the street who talks about "green" is nothing more than an unwitting pawn in this sick game. Sooner or later people need to wake up and realize the top 5% of wealthy people in the world are manipulating the other 95%.
Every single one of them- the mothers and the babies alike- has traces of tears running down their cheeks. I know it seems insignificant but I wanted to point that out anyways. It kind of stuck to me for some reason...
Yeah just sell whatever little substance that they’re fighting down there for people to ride around in their little battery golf carts and this is progress I don’t see it that way
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This is so heartbreaking to watch, especially as an east African. We really got sold in the 90's, on electric cars being the be all end all, but in actual fact, their production causes environmental devastation - pollution, soil erosion and desertification, and that's even without mentioning the health risks to local people and the rampant exploitation of both adults and children. We need to go back to the drawing board. This aint it.
Guessing ignorance atop people from acknowledging the African slave trade was mostly African selling other africans to white people.... meanwhile islam is the only religion still slave trading but noone seems to care... not even you...
This is barbaric. The foreign organizations profiting from this should be named boycotted so it’s more expensive to pollute rather than behave in a socially responsible way. Financial pressure is the only way to make them change since profit margins is all they care about. The people and environment in Africa matter too.
Nah, it is our fault and governments. Congo is number one Cobalt producer and is not setting the price up so they can improve mining conditions. It's like owning a shop and letting your customers set the price, you will become poor this way... If the mining corporation/union demanded better conditions for their miners, this won't happen.
@Speed Junkie we you just said corruption, do you think the pennies will even reach the people at the bottom? It doesn't matter how much you blame the organization, it is the government that needs change. the organisations are set to make profit, that's the whole purpose of creating a business. Business and emotion should be separate
This is what the liberals want mandatory, I would start there. If they weren't pushing a huge LIE that everyone else is saying is a lie but they still try to enforce that we continue to do this to other nations instead of depending on our own capabilities.
Im a pretty hardcore environmentalist but I always tell people about these atrocities. Big companies like tesla dont necessarily want the most green and ethical option , they want the cheapest option while still appearing green. I also hate hos the government puts it on regular citizens to recycle like this is our fault. Meanwhile 3m does their shit..
Most people don't know that the green energies are not really green. Another problem is on the other side disposing too many batteries after they are expired.
So sad how some people are living in the world... If only we could somehow share the wealth of richer people so people wouldnt have to suffer so much. Like we have the means to do so, but i know people dont want to give up their money after working hard for it
Blaming green energy industry for their suffer? What about diamond mining, gold mining companies, paying as low as possible, not invest and build a town for prosperity. What about slave trades and Imperialistic countries, getting so rich by exploiting their cheap labor, yet care so little about modernization of Africa. Giving them fish is not enough and can only do so little, teaching them to fish is the only right long term solution.
the real problem of car is neither "fossil fuel'' or ''electric'', its CAR itself. as long as car culture is still ramming 2 ft up our asses, clogging cities with traffic and 20 lanes high ways, it will never improve. The real solution is public transportation, which no one should look to the US as an example.
Developed countries are sitting & knitting in houses because someone is doing their hard for them at 1.5$ a day. Then they scream Climate Change. So you wait 50-60 years to live a decent life & you need to pay for Green energy. That Poor in developing country is still in shock, wondering what has he done wrong. He doesn't have AC or Centralised heating.
@Xeno Kudatarkar yes I agree. Although this is heart breaking, there are other solutions to poverty that don’t come at the cost of the environment. There will be even bigger problems if we don’t try to combat climate change. More people will live in bad conditions, struggling for their lives and by then it will be too late.
It’s painfully ironic that one of the biggest users of these precious minerals named his company after Nikola Tesla. Tesla had many patents that would have provided free energy for the entire planet, carbon free, forever.
There's always heavy toxicity around mineral extraction areas. Even in Canada, there's huge pollution and people close by pay the price. I wish these folks long life and good health. May the God look after them
There's always a way to do it properly and reduce or eliminate these risks, the question is , are mining companies willing to spend the money on it. They never do. Here in the US, they even loby to undo whatever little regulation we have left.
I couldn't imagine living in such a dry and arid situation, next to a beautiful river that you can't step foot in, or eat from. That would be eternally frustrating.
@@kalebnelson4569how did they pollute their own rivers? Make it make sense. Everything is toxic because of the mines. You must be unaware of the heartbreaking history of the Congo. I know you're unaware otherwise you wouldn't make an ignorant comment like that.
This is heartbreaking. The most helpless feeling in the world as a parent is not being able to help your child when there's something wrong, I can't even begin to Imagine how agonising it must be to know that there's nothing you can do no matter how hard you try.
It's almost impossible to do everything ethically but doesn't mean we shouldn't do our best to prevent the suffering and exploitation of the natural world, nonhuman beings and fellow human beings.
If we didn't buy a new smartphone or laptop or t-shirt every time fashion changes we would be able to exploit all resources ethically and sustainably. Go tell that to apple that come out with a new phone every year or to fast fashion shops that brainwash you into over consuming. I have a good laptop I bought 6 years ago that works just fine but now is obsolete because it cannot take windows 11. Let's face it. We failed terribly as a species.
@@vivianscircle Yes. Over-consumerism is a horrible habit among the vast majority. But those in charge have the money to give these poor people good working terms.. except they don't and keep it for themselves. They have the power to do real and big changes.
I don't fundamentally see a problem using Earth's resources; else we fx. wouldn't be seeing this right now! The problem arises when those in charge take the vast majority of the profit out of greed instead of helping and respecting the human ones doing the dirty work and respecting nature.
@@vivianscircle yep, most people buying brand new electric cars in the name of "protecting the planet" just to make peace with their consumist minds. People change cars that could last 15 - 20 years in less than 5 years.
Funny thing is that there are areas that you use to recharge your car, still dont use renewable energy since they use that area's electric grid, with whatever source of electricity owned by the local utilities. That's why Tesla said that for 2021 they hope to reach 100% renewable. Not only that but if they were to manage to create economical cars for everyone, and everyone in the world changed to electric vehicles, it would still be a problem to come up with a way to create efficiently, renewable energy to satisfy such large consumptions without impacting the environment. Additionally, we dont know what the governments are willing to do to get profits from it.
@@crazybobby14 totally agree, no point going electric unless the electricity is 100% from a green source. Great things are happening on that front though and it's exciting to think we are actually capable of doing this. Collectivelly, wind, solar, tidal, hydro, hydrogen and very almost nuclear fusion as well as many other sustainable electric generating technologies being developed. Elon musk will get the mining company's doing better by offering financial incentives to mine greener. He's a better man than people give him credit for.... And money talks!
I am a complete loss for words. This is horrifying. This madness has to end. It’s got to be exposed in a big way. These are very bad things. How much more can we go on this way?
I've worked in mining for ages. These gents will end up with lung cancer, COPD or silicosis at some point in their life. Secondly, wait until the electric grid fails from all the strain of electrical vehicles charging. In addition, *SUPPLY & DEMAND.* When electricity is needed more and more, the price goes up. Like petrol fuel in the summer (because people travel more). We are doomed.
This is a very complex matter. It's like the question of which was first, the chicken or the egg. Was it because of the demand from capitalist corporations? Was it because of the corrupt government? Was it because of the need of the people for a mean to earn a living? Where do we start to address this problem? There would be major pushbacks when you start with a sector.
things on the ground are really bad am an african n i will say this for free without africa the west would not have developed they built the americas both nort n south on the backs of slaves n still tell us what to do that is still colonialisim. the day africa will unite the west will cry n thats why they want to control us. it is coming sooner than they expect.
Socialism is pushing the green agenda, not capitalism. Ev/green Subsidies and rebates are not capitalism!! They are part of the socialist global agenda.
@J B come on, don't be so naive. That's how the US conducts geopolitics as well. They just assigned IMF to do it for them. In fact, this is standard procedeur for any major countries. Ccp is just the latest party to do it. At least they didn't wait for a financial crisis to force their agenda. For us living in southeast asia, we still remember clearly how the IMF pushed their demands to our government back in 1997 in trade for monetary aid.
Industries must be held responsible for the damages they cause to people, wildlife and the environment. The mining companies should be legally obligated to pay for the healthcare and cleanup costs. This will raise the price of commodities, which will be a barrier to their use, but the prices will better reflect the true cost to humanity.
The government is profiting significantly from cobalt mining, but those benefits aren't reaching the local communities. My solution: partner with one international mining company, with the government holding a 51% share. This company would fund and build a world-class facility that adheres to the highest health and safety standards and ensures local employment.
Developed countries should pass laws requiring that all cobalt products sold in their country be "ethically sourced", which means the cobalt mine owners are forced to clean up and treat their mine waste and protect the safety of their mine workers, and companies selling cobalt products have to pay for regular safety inspections.
I am beyond pissed off. Africa could be one of the richest places in the world. But bad leadership and a corrupt government can hold you back.
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Not all ... The bad and dirty politician are implanted by the West . If the tried to stand up like magufulli ,, sankara , and even Lumumba the west get rid of them. They are determine to keep Africa poor and underdeveloped. Thia is why a united Africa is paramount to african children survival ...Globally too.
The west gives you 2 million dollars and you would sell your african brothers.. even if that money was stolen.
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Africa is a continent. Not all African countries are corrupt. Please let us stop referring to 50 some countries as corrupt. Yes some are but the name isn't Africa. Here this is the DRC. Democratic Republic of Congo. I know we didn't learn geography of African countries in my school so I know that probably other people have not learned it in school so therefore I'm not saying there's anything wrong with what you're saying because you were probably talk this way now you know that this is happening in the Congo specifically
This is why I use everything until exhaustion. We like shaming people for not buying anything, but it should really be the opposite.
Utilizing and being a good steward with what you have is a good thing. I don't believe in waste.
You understand, that they do not have other source of income? If they did not do this they would die of hunger. They must be supplied with safety equipment, medical support. But if they lose this source of income, they will not have another one.
@@coffeetime3293 So they’ll have money-but they won’t have any fresh vegetables to buy with that money.
@@coffeetime3293 nobody dies of hunger in poor area like that, lady.if this buisness stops we start doing something else , sewing or other things ( i am not from the same country as the one in video, but similar)when the mines not there, government will have to help make something else. When my community was going through this transition we sold knitted things , to other places and even nearby province. The minors are getting really less while foreign countries make all the profit maximum.
@@vito5258 not really. In fact that economic model of consumerism isn't sustainable at all.
There's a quote from the 2006 movie Blood Diamond which always stuck: “Throughout the history of Africa, whenever a substance of value is found the locals die, in great number and in misery."
The Quote forgot to mention that it happens because the people who control the land where the resources are want to get as powerful and rich as possible without regard for human rights or future sustainability. So Other people with the same mentality take advantage of their greed and in the end only those that had the most money benefit, while everyone else suffers
It is disgusting how these people have to live when the government gets so much money from their Countries resources ,
And they don’t even have enough to live / feed on, something IS VERY WRONG here.
Their governments are west puppets, a bunch of thugs and traitors
Central banks are at the, well, center of all the corruption. The conspiracies many of us have been talking about are TRUE.
It's called poor leadership
As long as it’s not their country that paid the consequences, they will happily turn a blind eye
This comment, along with many here, speaks from great levels of compassion which I can appreciate, but also suffers from levels of ignorance due to knowledge being formed from just a 20 minute long video.
Cobalt is sourced in many countries other than just DRC, in these countries the conditions are much better for the miners and they are built in a way where it is either far away or has ways to prevent toxication of surrounding people.
The issue is that DRC just has sooo much Cobalt, a populous of entrepreneurial go-geters, and a government who is corrupt. So, conditions in company owned mines where we see the trucks coming out of will be much better than those in the Co-Op ran smaller mines operated by local congolese. THis is because there is very lax and not enforced safety standards here. So, when a company finds a big reserve of Cobalt, they build a mine. These reserves are usually far away from cities and large populations. However, congolese hard working miners move in from all over and choose to live very close to these mines and reserves because they do not have cars or public transportation that allows them to commute form safer locations to the mines easily.
Companies have moved in to do a better job at tracking where their cobalt comes from, trying to make sure its not from the worst conditions - for example, Tesla now uses blockchain to verify where its cobalt and nickle comes from. I am not sure how Chinese companies play into this.
@@ShroomCorp naive and ignorant. Even if it's true that Tesla attempts to control the sources, doesn't negate the fact that they still contribute to the insatiable need for mining these items & causing harm to the locals.
No matter how they try to control the source, they're 100% contributing to the demand/harm. And ignorant end-users who believe its everyone else but themselves 🤦🏻♀️
@Cynthia May Greed is the only reason why the plant and its inhabitants are done so poorly...plain and simple GREED!
Why does the Chinese have control over African Mines? This world is going to hell and faster than we think. No one has any real clues as to what is really happening. Soooooo sad. 😩
I'm not just talking about cobalt & DRC. There are plenty other examples
Nothing in this world is as "environmentally friendly", "zero waste", etc. as some people want to achieve. There is always someone suffering or someone exploiting something 😥😥
so true- environmentally friendly means nothing! marketing at its worst!!!
Not with nuclear, not Anymore at least, we already have more than enough fuel to last us till we finally crack fusion...
Waste disposal is only an issue due to NIMBYs. All the nuclear waste could be stored safely in a mile wide area in the middle of Australia no problem. But they ALWAYS bitch about "but think of our great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grand-CHILDREN 🧐😫😵🤢🥴🤕😱🥺😜!"
@@luisgutierrez8047 definitely, in those times we can just attach all waste to a space ship and send it out for like 5000 dollars
Even buying at your local ecofriendly farm ? Ecology is a VAST domain. And sometime you have to choose the least of the worst.
@@luisgutierrez8047 you still need to mine uranium for nuclear energy and that brings its own environmental and social side effects that are not pleasant either.
Where is the international outrage over this grave injustice?
Too busy arguing over Israel and Palestine
The crying young mother has broken my heart.
So the moral of this documentary is "someone is dying for your fashionable living whom you don't know".
Everyone doesn't care if it's not their problem
Yep most 3rd world countries are 3rd world because of this mentality and power over them. At the end it really comes down to the person that is willing to try to change from a luxurious life style to a humble one. Either way this is sad how people can't even feel sympathetic these days
Someone is also dying from established livings who you don't know. Coal and rubbish burning kill communities world over also. There is no perfect answer
It been that way since nations began. Nothing new.
Exactly. Don't know Don't care.
Their story needs more exposure, we need to take this issue seriously
Meanwhile Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are crying about paying their taxes
They forgot the most polluting activity, animal farms (dairy and meat industry)
I agree.
Greta will lose her job. She may not have gone to school but she sure did make millions before hitting 18.
Check out the story of "Rio Tinto coming to Serbia" and any info you can find about it.
This is not about going green or sustainability - this is about how corporations operate regardless of what business they are supporting.
escecially when new bettery chemestries dosent even use cobalt
Hard to watch these poor kids. Nothing hits me in the feels more than a suffering child. I hope they all find peace and happiness.
Why not this “kids” protest and ask for proper mining equipment and wages?
damn cant believe Africa has the richest resources in the world, almost every material in the modern age comes out of Africa. The people of Africa should be among the richest in the world
I'm sure glad colonialism is now over and foreign countries aren't ripping Africa off anymore. Sarcasm.
Not Africa but congo has the most richest resources on the whole continent thanks to Congo DR congo you can have cars and make them work,you have phones thanks to them there is a high chance that the phone, computer,tablet or tv you are using to watch this video has a cobalt and the resources is coming from congo
@@shalbec3232 its not just cobalt, many precious metals and even produce . coffe! many fruits and chocolate ! they provide majority of the world also and the local ironically never tasted chocolate..
@@shalbec3232 No all Africa
Too much corruption in the governments.
Such an interesting documentary that exposes the hidden side of green technology. A powerful reminder that sustainability is more than the environment, it's about considering people's health and livelihoods
Dig deeper... a global movement like what Nike saw decades ago is what is needed. Because green energy is not green in the long run and child labor is exploited and ignored
we often think of animals as part of the environment that needs to be protected but not humans
They didn’t clarify how is this Cobalt mining related to the green revolution?!
Is it used in batteries?
@@snehaluchil8065 they said electric cars in the beginning but no specifics I don't think
@@snehaluchil8065 it is used in many aspects of electronic components and batteries yes
I watched the documentary on tv . These small mines are death traps and they are paid peanuts. The whole thing needs worldwide exposure.
This is so hard to see. Green technology needs to pay these miners and give them a better life. Going green cannot come at the cost of ruining lives.
The fact that this isn’t being broadcasted on the news is frightening.
The media/government is turning a blind eye because it gets in the way of their climate change narrative.
Has been since decades
That would make Little Greta very angry
@Tory's cooking news flash: this isn’t documentary isn’t happening in America. You are suggesting all black people regardless of where they are from on the whole planet are all lumped together and choosing this. Which is of course a racist point of view. Grats.
There's no real, "news", anymore, but an endless diet of mere propaganda. The bought and paid for media is NOT going to publish anything that would expose their monetary masters. Those who have a D OR an R after their name...
don’t get fooled, this is not about going green but about corps exploiting africa and not caring about their supply chain…this happens across the industries and should be regulated
Yeah the title should be "the toxic cost of unregulated mineral extraction", but that would be too accurate for the producer I guess.
@@Rjwubs really . We need to set a global minimum Wage , and global worker rights . Idk why ppl don’t care when I bring this us
Title is right, why people investing in Tesla? Because of "green" propaganda, new face of capitalism
But have you considered why these people would now be devastated at the shut down of these mines? The people are extremely poor and the government didn't invest the result of the mining in the country, they just sold to outsiders and put the profit in their pockets, that's why out of desperation the poor people have to resort to such dangerous living and working conditions in the first place. They have become dependent on the mines for their livelihood. They would naturally be reluctant to leave if they are not provided with equal if not better alternatives and opportunities.
@@Silverraine1 Why would you close those mines? Raise safety standards, eliminate health hazards, pay the workers appropriately...then you could create a win win for the local community and the industry, like it is often done in Europe.
The health cost of some technologies is unbrearable.
I used to live and work in Kolwezi, thank you for telling the truth
I work in a lot of these places in Africa and have been trying to tell friends and family for years, but it falls on deaf ears. You should see the mountains of used car batteries and fridges and freezers being left to leach into the ground in Lagos Nigeria, also the used Tyre mountains. All exported their from the West. Renewable's are are Western Luxury market, nothing more. Just think about the carbon footprint and where the expensive minerals came from the next time your driving your Tesla around. I have also worked in the Congo as mentioned in this documentary, you have never seen such misery, all to pander to our self indulgent fetish. Greta needs to go take a look.
Absolutely this madness needs to stop.
@@yowten8994 it has too! Until we wake up to fact that renewables are nothing more than a luxury item like a flash car or boat then we're not getting anywhere. Energy prices are going up, ask yourself why !! Basically it's funding very very expensive ways of generating power. A whole multi billion dollar industry has been created our of nothing. It's massively expensive, dirty and exploitive.
100%
I been saying for years that these 'green' people really only care about their own image and moral posturing.
@@darthvacation9299 absolutely 💯 darth it's pathetic these fools know nothing this is the transfer of wealth I will not comply these batteries are going to land fill which will poison our water tables like they have done in Africa or we send them to Africa, this is madness.
I pray for those who have no voice.
In the congo, is coltan a major mineral mined there by children? I seek docs on it from Vice News(I watch them for all the crazy story's like that one I mentioned lol)
This is so painful .. and the billionaires are flying to Mars when they can’t even take care of their fellow humans
Mars u say...stop drink tht Kool aid 😄😄😃😃😃😃
Ikr? I don't understand why they refuse to provide basics like adequate housing, clean water source and schools 😒
You realize that these people even if you give them 10,000$, are goin to go back where they started in a few months right?
@@ladymonacoofthebluepacific2571 it's easy to help with the money of others
@@omni-man8647 They're a multi billion dollar company profiting from a foreign country's resources they can certainly afford to help !
This is the toxic cost of corruption not batteries.
Potentially one of the most important videos to have been posted this decade.
This is heartbreaking. There's nothing worse than a corrupt government.
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@UurdChuluut Negen thank you for writing that. People like that act stupid like its only because of the government that kind of things happen. Os very convenient to forget the foreign policy or the history...even us as Hans aren't that simple imagine a country,a African country,a rich country in a racist world 🤷🏽♀️
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@@evalinacesarcassule5097 racist world ?? Black people making other black peoples live difficult is racist ??
@@Noir_music They take orders from Europeans or next thing you know some isis type group shows up
This is a reminder that the comforts we in the West, enjoy, is on the backs of the miserable elsewhere.
we should get those jobs back into our countries, would also give our population better jobs
Not a lot of cobalt in the Fens
But these mines are almost entirely funded by china
@@musashidanmcgrath but liberals and feminists say everyone is equal
Africans all use cell phones too.
I am so sickened by the corporate greed from this documentary. May god bless those unfortunate families.
The corporate greed comes from Tesla. Tesla is destroying our planet.
This is very similar to a town in Oklahoma called Picher that also suffered negative effects from the zinc and lead mining. It polluted the ground water and caused many health problems. The town is now abandoned. I really hope these people don't suffer the same fate.
Don’t forget they still have piles of the chafe sitting all over that kids used to play on, there’s still some residents there who refuse to move as well.
So epa can’t clean that and other disaster areas up in the us but they think they can change the climate. It’s insanity.
They need to move this is crazy.... they can't survive those toxic conditions
Have you read about the protests against mining in Panama? The Vanguard Group, INC is one of the shareholders of one of the biggest copper mining projects in the world and which threatens to destroy the biodiversity of Panama and mesoamerican corridor.
@@kidsartclub3379 I haven't read about that one. I'd have to look into it.
"Not in my back yard."
"Out of sight, Out of mind."
seems to be the attitude of "green" pushers.
Don't point out their hypocrisy or you'll be canceled.
let's not forget cobalt is also used in fuel refining also. This is not a green issue it's a human issue, chocolate, coffee, cheap clothing, fossil fuel extraction all have similar demons. The EV industry is rapidly moving away from cobalt, LFP chemistry in many vehicles is cobalt free.
@@colint8281 Oh I forgot that the LFP batteries Tesla use for the China standard range M3 are zero cobalt. Their existing US batteries have a lot less too comapred to any other li ion battery chemistries in the market... and the 4680 they will roll out soon also has no cobalt.
@@peds103 but let's just focus strictly on the negative instead of looking for ways to solve environmental issues, that's what all these comments are about 🤣
@@raisin8051 well the negatives are very serious.
This is beyond saddening. This is as unethical as it gets. There are better ways to source the Cobalt, far away from villages and farms. It's sickening to know that these poor people have no control over what is happening around their villages and the children are the ones suffering the most.
they have sh!tty corrupt government
the cobalt would then probably be expensive and wouldn't end up being purchased in large quantities
@@w0ry035 it is expensive.. cobalt is one key element for making li-ion batteries..that's why li-ion batteries are expensive
@@xsystem1 That's a deliberate feature which services western corporate interests.
If a non corrupt leader takes over congo they will be swiftly assassinated.
Liberals and communists hide behind slave labor and callit socialism
Thank you for reporting. The hamrful effects of pollution are apparent, affecting poor innocent children the worst. One can see how worse off the youngsters are compared to the elders. Nevermind the inequality compared to richer countries.
Seeing the disabled babies is absolutely heart breaking
I come from the mining region of Chile, and I can relate completely with that. From the foreign companies having most of the profit while the country itself gets a minor cut, to the dust covering everything.
In our place birth defects are not really the issue, but cancer is rampant, I forgot the exact statistic, but it is WAY higher than the rest of the country. We all also have high arsenic concentration in blood.
It really made me angry watch this. Hopefully things get better, but tbh I don't trust industrialized countries.
I'm also from Chile, I did not know about the cancer statistics in the northern region being this high so thank you for sharing this info and also I remember when I went to the northern region (Antofagasta, Iquique, San pedro) we were told not to drink any water from the bathrooms, and to only use it to shower and wash your hands and teeth, so you had to buy water to drink. The enviromental situation in our country itself is very much worrying due to desertification and most industries are only worsening this problem so this is definitely something we need to talk about in schools and work so people get informed and we can do something about it, it is hard but we have to fight this problem in every way possible as a country to protect our natural enviroments and resources that people, animals and plants need to survive while considering every person in our society in the solutions and while also considering the economy of our country, knowing that if we keep exploiting people and the enviroment as we have done until now we will truly have worser life conditions in the future and our economy will also be affected
@@coniestrellita2014 busca "este polvo te mata". Ese movimiento buscó amplificar un poco el problema 💕
@@plantadelbosque muchas gracias ❤
Unfortunately government s are making a fortune selling their people's resources mostly to the Chinese who now are exploiting the world in everyway, these governments should be thrown out, they are evil,. I am praying for all who are exploited in this evil way, it is 2021 and God and the whitehats are in a war withe the evil elites to stop all this, change is coming
@@lindaslider This goverments are there because western countries want them to be. If you throw them out then you get couped/assassinated, and they are back in. Putting this on China is ignoring history, China is only now becoming a superpower... Thank the US and Europe for this situation...
This documentary should have a special screening in COP conference.
There are two things here how to develop congo without cobalt this is most difficult thing ESPECIALLY when it was much earlier declared failed nation
They could care less, and that's part of the issue. People believing they don't profit off this, why it wasn't brought up. Why they continue to promote green energy regardless of cost of life. What a niave comment.
You think the people at that conference don't know about this kind of thing? Come on, man. They're the ones getting rich from it.
imagine that! they want to control ppl with green energy, not empower them! that is why these govt's and corporations get to ruin those lives in areas like this. so they can create an illusion of saving the planet while destroying it for control. it is sad that these ppl suffer like this. unfortunately it is also the ppl in these area that let it happen do to their govt, a lack of education, and finances to fight for their livelihood!
The DRC has had a history that is fraught with suffering.
Imagine this country transformed, where its citizens have clean water, air filtration, and their children are born perfectly healthy. It could. Be done by putting systems and tools in place to clean up the environment and offer the miners and their families a chance to live healthy lives.
The corporations that thrive on these minerals should be held accountable for that population of miners that are plagued by these harmful substances that are causing this extreme suffering.
It's just a natural product of capitalism. Neocolonialism, imperialism. The most unethical way to produce a product is usually the most profitable. Capitalism cares about nothing but profit.
Thank you for reporting on this
I'm a marine engineer. I learned in school that there is almost nothing called "green" energy. Here in the West people will buy a Tesla and think themself the saviour of this green earth, while their car runs on energy produced by coal or other forms of petroleum. Their batteries, produced by cobalt, shipped twice across the world to reduce costs.
If I had the chance, I would create a program. Through careful mathematics and calculations, it would help analyze carbon emissions, for example a trailer going from X to Y, with most of its variables. With the help of the UN make it mandatory to drastically reduce carbon emissions. Including this, because every inch of dirt excavated to mine these materials pump more CO2 than your car will produce in a year.
That’s a good idea but you’d be better off modeling pollution than CO2 , it’s a much bigger threat as this video shows
I'm not sure when the "green crowd" forgot elementary school biology, but plants need CO2. CO2 is not an issue, because if there were more CO2, the planet would ironically be greener from an increase in not only plant quantity but in plant size and output, meaning there'd be more food and good, clean oxygen available for the rest of the food chain. Remarkable both how the planet can self-regulate and how people have forgotten this.
Tesla sold in the US is made in the US by the way. It's the most American car you can comparing were all parts are made. And oh, the LFP batteries it uses for its standard range models are cobalt free... so are the new 4860 batteries they are rolling out.
@@snopure not sure if tou know this but too much of anything is bad. There is a balance of elements in our atmosphere we need to keep to avoid acxelerating climate change. Even too much oxygen is not good for humans too.
What we need is a through system of recycling used battery materials, labor robots to take care of dangerous task such as these, Universal Basic Income so people who depended on their jobs to live can still do so, and yes we need to ge rid of Carbon emissions... greenhouse gasses are no joke !
"Can a sustainable green revolution be built without the exploitation of others?"
An excellent question that the western world doesn't want you to ask.
Even anyone can invent green revolution without impact the environment the inventor will be kill because he/she will stop those companies making money. Like someone invent car running by water he got kill and his invention never reveal to the public.
It can
No but they will just shame you if you refuse.
Doesn’t want u to ask and will do anything in their power to stop anyone from doing anything about it. It’s terribly sad on so many levels.
It can, but with less profit for the ellite
I'm not sure this has made it the comments yet, But couldn't a majority of the toxic metals near the agricultural areas be removed by planting specific flora species,as well as dedicated swaths of myceliel networks to further break down other potentially toxic elements?
edit: idk if this is feasible, or If anyone knows of any organizations already trying such approaches, but it'd be super low cost and efficient given the temperate zone of the country.
Thank you for this...its absolutely outrageous
I can't believe I haven't stumbled upon this channel until today. This is exactly the content I love (and at the same time hate) to see. The stuff no media (almost) will show you.
They are part of channel 4 U.K they always show their programs there
CNN won’t be covering this.
@whocares anymore ... Of yeah, Fox is also bad ... So its okay for CNN to be bad ... Right?! ....😅 Amazing.
@whocares anymore ... Seems we are saying the same thing. The major news networks normally mention this like its a minor problem ...
Between fox and cnn i call them nazis
When do mainstream media outlets cover anything of value? They all lie 90% of the time anyway. And the other 10% is suspect.
They have. Look it up
Every coin has two sides. Every day we can choose to be ignorant of where and how our products are made or put on blinders.
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The fact that we know this problem will not be solved any time sooner makes it more depressing...
Exactly.
If we stop buying new electronics it will make this situation change.
This is about raise awareness on how we use electric stuff. We should stop buying things we don't need, like the latest Iphone just because is trendy.
"The love of money is a root of all sorts of injurious things" this is beyond saddening.
I agree wholeheartedly. This is an unfair and heartbreaking situation.
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And you are so proud with your so called “green technology” that you use..
@@jkeezy93 🙆♂️dang😂😂😂
Yes you are right
Kill money switch to Communism
Kill capitalism
Communism is not about killing religion
Its about killing money and capitalism
Thank You for Your work.
Ótimo documentário. Parabéns.
The phone you are using to watch this is what these guys are digging for
Just let that sink in..
How much will be needed that they want us all to switch to electric cars?
That is why I don't change my phone until it can't be fixed by the technician...and I always buy 2nd handed..
@@johnschreyer4186 still less than what is being deliberately wasted in phone and computer designs that literally break in ways you can't fix so you have to buy a new one.
@@gladiezlbanaria5094 Phone companies made sure to design the phone in ways that ensure you have to buy a new after a set number of years.
You are only allowed to repair you phone in a way that doesn't impact ever increasing shareholder returns
I have a china Vivo V9 3-year-old phone that looks like crap already but still does the job. I've been dreaming to upgrade to the latest iPhone somehow. But finances are going tough. I can't save up for my luxury. Only enough for the bills and some grocery. But then I watched this. I should check my privilege.
This is heartbreaking, and it also makes me very angry. If the companies are making millions out of their misery which also directly impacts their families, the very least they can do is ensure the health and safety of their workers and help in country's economical development. Selfish bastards!
Greedy evil....
The west maintains it
These “greedy” people are giving these people jobs. Otherwise they’d starve. Thank the “greedy” people instead of hating
most of us would not pay for a $3000 iPhone to have this problem solves though. We're no less selfish.
@@TheMIEProject bottom line… these kids are earning a wage to eat that they’d otherwise not have if not for mining. Africa cannot be helped. The world has sent estimated 2.9 TRILLION since 2000 and the continent is no better off than it was 1000 years ago
Great documentary.
Simply an EXCELLENT video!
Seeing that little boy with twisted legs just sitting on the ground outside while other kids just ignored him really made me sad. Humans are social creatures. We need social contact… idk how the other kids and adults don’t view him as a living being with feelings. Just made me really sad to see that.
It's so crazy that people are offended by meaningless things, but people in the world are suffering from real problems. I don't have the best life but I have to count my blessings
Same as me, by western standards I have a very bad life. But compared to them I live like a king
Which is why we need to send all the trans people and activists and rights people to these places in the world for a year and after they come back, see if they are still complaining and moaning about the same things
Blood Diamond. Saw that movie. Good but revealing.
No other documentary maker makes me FEEL like you all do. Keep up the good work :)
This is part of the reason I don't trust "green" technology. If something that causes this much damage is being pushed for the exact opposite reason, then something must be happening behind the scenes.
When there's mining there's heavy pollution.
Mining company and owners should be sued and charged for any bad causes of their mining to the community or atleast it must be in the agreement with the government to enforce it later for the safety and security of the people and the surroundings.
Yep, it should, but the market won't/can't pay such an honest all inclusive price.
@@hillockfarm8404 the people that profit probably can but greed is a strong factor
Wow 😢
This is heartbreaking.
The next time anyone talks about “green energy” or tries to promote it, think about this horror.
Tech giants need to be held accountable for the exploitation of other people, from a livelihood and health perspective. And we, the consumers, need to be willing and ready to boycott non-ethical companies, and also not to demand the latest and newest.
Oh really? The attacks on fossil fuels drive this and you want all of us to lower our standard of living?
i could picture people start boycotting Tesla lol. Test the human population's hearts with their garbages
That and being told the truth about the health risks of our so called green new deal... if more people saw this video they would ask more questions.
Better start with the US government
International corurts are a joke.
Its more effective to share documentarys like this one.
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It breaks my heart what the enduring people of mother africa suffer daily. Greedy companies exploit weak or currupt government and the people of africa pay prices that we cant even conceive in our nightmares. And all we worry about is consuming. Consume consume consume. We fuel this. We fueled the diamond trade, we fuel the exploitation, destruction and death of millions of people and the earth and yet we sleep in warm beds with a tap that can produce clean water on demand. Its truly heartbreaking and helpless feeling. God be with africa and her people.
When some people talk about green, they’re actually talking about profit.
All the politicians, media, and corporations who talk about "green" really just mean more money for themselves and their corporate overlords. It's merely a clever means to transfer more wealth up the ladder. The regular person on the street who talks about "green" is nothing more than an unwitting pawn in this sick game. Sooner or later people need to wake up and realize the top 5% of wealthy people in the world are manipulating the other 95%.
Green as in more money
Green is the color of US dollar. So going green is money.
@@migeru243 You are 💯 correct.
Pillaging the villagers and raping the earth.
Every single one of them- the mothers and the babies alike- has traces of tears running down their cheeks.
I know it seems insignificant but I wanted to point that out anyways. It kind of stuck to me for some reason...
awe did it send pangs of empathy through your typically detached psyche? first world ivory tower problems huh?
@@mee6703 ??? Okay??
Yo that first baby had me goin Thu it fo ral douh...
The acidity of the tears has burned the trails into their skin
Good work
Thanks, Joe!
That place looks like a red desert when it was originally green fields with sand patches… we’ve destroyed that community
I'm mildly claustrophobic and I can't imagine descending down into those holes and working endless hours. I have total respect for those men.
These men are working for 1.50-3.00 British Pounds a day. Pretty sad, China exploits poor countries. Its sickening.
Yeah just sell whatever little substance that they’re fighting down there for people to ride around in their little battery golf carts and this is progress I don’t see it that way
@@dominiquecwik6672 why did you single out China as if America and European countries aren't doing the same
Imagine being claustrophobic and being buried alive? That must be the ultimate psychological torture. I really hope there is change in the DRC.
The sad thing is he said it himself we don't need air, imagine working like that
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I've been wondering about this good vid.
This is so heartbreaking to watch, especially as an east African. We really got sold in the 90's, on electric cars being the be all end all, but in actual fact, their production causes environmental devastation - pollution, soil erosion and desertification, and that's even without mentioning the health risks to local people and the rampant exploitation of both adults and children. We need to go back to the drawing board. This aint it.
Guessing ignorance atop people from acknowledging the African slave trade was mostly African selling other africans to white people.... meanwhile islam is the only religion still slave trading but noone seems to care... not even you...
@@letsbehonest4221 Wrong topic. Troll. Blocked.
@@gee_emm
... "blocked", .. what ever you say karen..🤣🤣
Electricic cars are a thing that explodes when you bump into smth coz that is what lithium does when it is mixed with air.
This is barbaric. The foreign organizations profiting from this should be named boycotted so it’s more expensive to pollute rather than behave in a socially responsible way. Financial pressure is the only way to make them change since profit margins is all they care about. The people and environment in Africa matter too.
Nah, it is our fault and governments. Congo is number one Cobalt producer and is not setting the price up so they can improve mining conditions. It's like owning a shop and letting your customers set the price, you will become poor this way... If the mining corporation/union demanded better conditions for their miners, this won't happen.
@Speed Junkie we you just said corruption, do you think the pennies will even reach the people at the bottom? It doesn't matter how much you blame the organization, it is the government that needs change. the organisations are set to make profit, that's the whole purpose of creating a business. Business and emotion should be separate
how to boycott the biggest brand out there? apple? samsung? tesla? microsoft? their "green" economy is bullshit
This is what the liberals want mandatory, I would start there. If they weren't pushing a huge LIE that everyone else is saying is a lie but they still try to enforce that we continue to do this to other nations instead of depending on our own capabilities.
@Speed JunkieThe liberals have been pushing this stuff way longer than Musk was a powerhouse.
Im a pretty hardcore environmentalist but I always tell people about these atrocities. Big companies like tesla dont necessarily want the most green and ethical option , they want the cheapest option while still appearing green. I also hate hos the government puts it on regular citizens to recycle like this is our fault. Meanwhile 3m does their shit..
Surprised they let this channel up and running
Most people don't know that the green energies are not really green. Another problem is on the other side disposing too many batteries after they are expired.
Precisely!! Where they even think the electricity comes from to charge these Electric vehicles? It’s ridiculous.
Thanks to these brave journalist doing their job that we know what is happening around the world thank you for this great documentary.
So sad how some people are living in the world... If only we could somehow share the wealth of richer people so people wouldnt have to suffer so much. Like we have the means to do so, but i know people dont want to give up their money after working hard for it
brave? Show you a stereotypical concept manufactured by them.
@@jamessun7721 Yeah sure, this was all made up, to support this documentary
Much brain, right there...
@@ickebins6948 not saying it is fake. But blaming the green energy industry is wrong. Telling a tru story but point finger at the wrong people
Blaming green energy industry for their suffer? What about diamond mining, gold mining companies, paying as low as possible, not invest and build a town for prosperity. What about slave trades and Imperialistic countries, getting so rich by exploiting their cheap labor, yet care so little about modernization of Africa. Giving them fish is not enough and can only do so little, teaching them to fish is the only right long term solution.
The unreported world , what a great title. Unless it fits a narrative, you won’t not hear it without searching
These rich electric cars companies must do better than this, they cannot continue to exploit our people like this
And what happens when 80% of cars on the road are electric. How will our power grids keep up to everyone plugging their car in?
Exactly....we have diesel generators keeping EV charging stations on line....not to mention what to do with all the spent old toxic batteries?!?!...
Bullseye! Just generate more power how?
Edit: electric cars are also a huge hazard for EMTs dealing with car wrecks.
the real problem of car is neither "fossil fuel'' or ''electric'', its CAR itself. as long as car culture is still ramming 2 ft up our asses, clogging cities with traffic and 20 lanes high ways, it will never improve. The real solution is public transportation, which no one should look to the US as an example.
@@tungvudang9414 if only Everyone cycled and used public transport
Yes, but the point is that only few people can afford to drive a car. You will own nothing and you will be happy.
Developed countries are sitting & knitting in houses because someone is doing their hard for them at 1.5$ a day.
Then they scream Climate Change.
So you wait 50-60 years to live a decent life & you need to pay for Green energy.
That Poor in developing country is still in shock, wondering what has he done wrong. He doesn't have AC or Centralised heating.
Best comment ever. I feel so sick watching this doco.
@Xeno Kudatarkar yes I agree. Although this is heart breaking, there are other solutions to poverty that don’t come at the cost of the environment. There will be even bigger problems if we don’t try to combat climate change. More people will live in bad conditions, struggling for their lives and by then it will be too late.
Nah. Developed countries don't even do the knitting. That's done in sweat shops in developing countries
It’s painfully ironic that one of the biggest users of these precious minerals named his company after Nikola Tesla. Tesla had many patents that would have provided free energy for the entire planet, carbon free, forever.
Excelente documentário!
There's always heavy toxicity around mineral extraction areas. Even in Canada, there's huge pollution and people close by pay the price. I wish these folks long life and good health. May the God look after them
There's always a way to do it properly and reduce or eliminate these risks, the question is , are mining companies willing to spend the money on it. They never do. Here in the US, they even loby to undo whatever little regulation we have left.
Is the customer willing to spend double or triple on a battery that is " ethically sourced" ?
I'm willing to bet not many.
Mass media is bought and sold. It is up to us to share the truth. You should watch this also 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥
I couldn't imagine living in such a dry and arid situation, next to a beautiful river that you can't step foot in, or eat from. That would be eternally frustrating.
Mass media is bought and sold. It is up to us to share the truth. You should watch this also 👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary]🔥
Imperialism has royally screwed Africa, however they polluted their own rivers. Can’t feel that bad
@@kalebnelson4569how did they pollute their own rivers? Make it make sense. Everything is toxic because of the mines. You must be unaware of the heartbreaking history of the Congo. I know you're unaware otherwise you wouldn't make an ignorant comment like that.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. It's called renewable energy because you have to keep renewing them
I love seeing this kind of "people" work. It's so rare that you get to see this.
This is heartbreaking. The most helpless feeling in the world as a parent is not being able to help your child when there's something wrong, I can't even begin to Imagine how agonising it must be to know that there's nothing you can do no matter how hard you try.
and that the suffering is because of another human being
Thank you for your message.i totally agreesomething needs done about so many topics.anything harming another person.should b stopped.
I bet you still use plenty of electronics though lol
Tesla is happy 🤷🏻♀️
Heart is not second brain.
It's almost impossible to do everything ethically but doesn't mean we shouldn't do our best to prevent the suffering and exploitation of the natural world, nonhuman beings and fellow human beings.
If we didn't buy a new smartphone or laptop or t-shirt every time fashion changes we would be able to exploit all resources ethically and sustainably. Go tell that to apple that come out with a new phone every year or to fast fashion shops that brainwash you into over consuming. I have a good laptop I bought 6 years ago that works just fine but now is obsolete because it cannot take windows 11.
Let's face it. We failed terribly as a species.
@@vivianscircle Yes. Over-consumerism is a horrible habit among the vast majority. But those in charge have the money to give these poor people good working terms.. except they don't and keep it for themselves. They have the power to do real and big changes.
I don't fundamentally see a problem using Earth's resources; else we fx. wouldn't be seeing this right now! The problem arises when those in charge take the vast majority of the profit out of greed instead of helping and respecting the human ones doing the dirty work and respecting nature.
@@vivianscircle yep, most people buying brand new electric cars in the name of "protecting the planet" just to make peace with their consumist minds. People change cars that could last 15 - 20 years in less than 5 years.
Profit & greed gets in the way of such lofty goals. Virtually every sector of business exploits the less advantaged.
As long as there's value to be extracted humanity will plunder it, only the twisted and ugly trees are left in the forest, the rest are cut.
and people think they are doing good because they drive an electric car...
Well they are in a way.
It’s like, get a gasoline car, people die, electric car, less people die(probably)
Funny thing is that there are areas that you use to recharge your car, still dont use renewable energy since they use that area's electric grid, with whatever source of electricity owned by the local utilities.
That's why Tesla said that for 2021 they hope to reach 100% renewable.
Not only that but if they were to manage to create economical cars for everyone, and everyone in the world changed to electric vehicles, it would still be a problem to come up with a way to create efficiently, renewable energy to satisfy such large consumptions without impacting the environment.
Additionally, we dont know what the governments are willing to do to get profits from it.
@@crazybobby14 totally agree, no point going electric unless the electricity is 100% from a green source. Great things are happening on that front though and it's exciting to think we are actually capable of doing this. Collectivelly, wind, solar, tidal, hydro, hydrogen and very almost nuclear fusion as well as many other sustainable electric generating technologies being developed. Elon musk will get the mining company's doing better by offering financial incentives to mine greener. He's a better man than people give him credit for.... And money talks!
they are
I am a complete loss for words. This is horrifying. This madness has to end. It’s got to be exposed in a big way. These are very bad things. How much more can we go on this way?
Well if the cobalt is being mined primarily for all electric cars then I’m afraid the cat is out of the bag. I don’t see it stopping anytime soon
EVS MUST BE BANNED.
Till 2050
I've worked in mining for ages. These gents will end up with lung cancer, COPD or silicosis at some point in their life.
Secondly, wait until the electric grid fails from all the strain of electrical vehicles charging. In addition, *SUPPLY & DEMAND.* When electricity is needed more and more, the price goes up. Like petrol fuel in the summer (because people travel more). We are doomed.
21:30 that bombastic side eye hits diff
This is a very complex matter. It's like the question of which was first, the chicken or the egg. Was it because of the demand from capitalist corporations? Was it because of the corrupt government? Was it because of the need of the people for a mean to earn a living? Where do we start to address this problem? There would be major pushbacks when you start with a sector.
things on the ground are really bad am an african n i will say this for free without africa the west would not have developed they built the americas both nort n south on the backs of slaves n still tell us what to do that is still colonialisim. the day africa will unite the west will cry n thats why they want to control us. it is coming sooner than they expect.
Socialism is pushing the green agenda, not capitalism. Ev/green Subsidies and rebates are not capitalism!! They are part of the socialist global agenda.
@J B come on, don't be so naive. That's how the US conducts geopolitics as well. They just assigned IMF to do it for them. In fact, this is standard procedeur for any major countries. Ccp is just the latest party to do it. At least they didn't wait for a financial crisis to force their agenda.
For us living in southeast asia, we still remember clearly how the IMF pushed their demands to our government back in 1997 in trade for monetary aid.
@J B China just got there. This has been going since end of colonization.
@J B Europeans are in africa
THE WHOLE WORLD NEED TO SEE THIS.
share it to as many as you can
Industries must be held responsible for the damages they cause to people, wildlife and the environment. The mining companies should be legally obligated to pay for the healthcare and cleanup costs. This will raise the price of commodities, which will be a barrier to their use, but the prices will better reflect the true cost to humanity.
The government is profiting significantly from cobalt mining, but those benefits aren't reaching the local communities. My solution: partner with one international mining company, with the government holding a 51% share. This company would fund and build a world-class facility that adheres to the highest health and safety standards and ensures local employment.
Developed countries should pass laws requiring that all cobalt products sold in their country be "ethically sourced", which means the cobalt mine owners are forced to clean up and treat their mine waste and protect the safety of their mine workers, and companies selling cobalt products have to pay for regular safety inspections.
That will make things expensive af
They won’t because of greed.
@@Noname-iw1gt So be it, people don't need to buy new stuff every year just because it's the new thing on the market...
Here here
These are literally illegal mines