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       2023-10-08T05:04:46Z
       
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       https://archive.md/xGz5D>*US carmaker Ford, Brazil’s Vale, China’s Tsingshan and Hong Kong’s Jardine Matheson are invested in Indonesian nickel projects responsible for the clearance of large swaths of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests.*>*Roughly 23,000ha of that — or 30 per cent — has been cut down since 2019, as demand for electric cars and the nickel batteries that power them has increased.*-----Timely reminder that to take the poly crisis of Climate Change, Pollution, resource depletion etc serisouly we MUST move away from private cars, including Ecars. Even the IPCC states this and we still keep ignoring them.https://mass.streetsblog.org/2022/04/22/international-climate-report-demands-systemic-changes-to-transportation-and-urban-planning/>but also makes clear that simply replacing gasoline with batteries won't be enough: cities must also dramatically curtail the use of automobiles and avoid "locking in" future emissions with more car-dependent infrastructure.And a Climate Scientist https://phys.org/news/2022-11-expert-comment-future-electric-fast.html>"Only by curbing all motorized transport, particularly private cars, as quickly as possibly can we tackle the climate and air pollution crises"-----Indonesia is also  building GWs of new coal power plants  to make ecarshttps://mastodon.social/@Snoro/110868169284217016Here's a better wayhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sGy4kS9T2w#ClimateChange #Ecars #environment