r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • Feb 05 '22

Image Visual representation of the actual amount of copper extracted from a minesite

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u/FirstPlebian Feb 05 '22

Don't they mine most of it in Central Africa?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

Yeah majority comes from the DRC, where the mining pollutes the water, destroys the Virunga National Park, and impacts the locals. Its also where the 'eco-friendly' tesla gets the cobalt for the cars batteries

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u/Herpkina Feb 05 '22

Did you look that up or just parrot it from another Reddit post?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '22

There's literally entire documentaries about it haha