Who would have thought?

I mean who would have thought that the way to save the environment is to flood the world with giant batteries.

Batteries are among the most toxic, environment-destroying products in human history.

How have we come to this state where batteries have become clean and green and renewable?

The Growth Death Cult.

The bottom line is that when it comes to saving our lifestyles or saving the environment, we choose to save our lifestyles, save capitalism.

Replying to @gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green

@gerrymcgovern @ClintonAnderson Mr Technology Connections mentions something like, "When you dig up and burn fossil fuels created millions of years ago, you get to burn it once and it creates toxic fumes, then on your next trip you need more fossil fuels which also give off toxic fumes, daily. When the car dies we can recycle some of the metal and the catalytic converter."
m.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9nt2Z

YouTubeYou are being misled about renewable energy technology.by Technology Connections

Replying to @chrisp@cyberplace.social

@gerrymcgovern @ClintonAnderson "When we created a battery/motor for an EV we mine toxic metals once, at the creation of the car, then it barely gives off anything toxic for 20 years, then the car dies and we can salvage some of the metal from body, but 90%+ of the battery can be recycled to create a new battery to go into a new car."

I paraphrased all this, but you get the idea.

And fossil fuel mining isn't exactly going great either, fracking pollutes local water, oil spills kill penguins.

Jul 5, 2026, 22:58 UTCen