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Cobalt carnage, child labor and ecological destruction

Horrific for cell phones, worse for electric vehicles, calamitous under Net Zero.
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Global cobalt demand soared with the advent of cell phones and laptop computers. It exploded with the arrival of electric vehicles and now is skyrocketing in tandem with government EV mandates and subsidies. Cobalt improves battery performance, extends driving range and reduces fire risks.

Demand will reach stratospheric heights if governments remain obsessed with climate change and Net Zero. States and nations would have to switch to electric cars, trucks, buses and tractors; end coal and gas electricity generation; convert gas furnaces, water heaters and stoves to electricity; and provide alternative power for windless, sunless periods. Electricity generation would triple or quadruple.

Weather-dependent wind turbines and solar panels would require billions of battery modules, to stabilize power grids and avoid blackouts every time wind and sunshine don't cooperate.

All that Net Zero transformation equipment - plus transmission lines, substations and transformers - will require billions of tons of cobalt, lithium, copper, nickel, graphite, iron, aluminum, rare earths and other raw materials at scales unprecedented in human history. That will necessitate mining, ore processing, manufacturing, land disruption and pollution at equally unprecedented levels.

Just President Biden's first tranche of US offshore wind turbines (30,000 megawatts by 2030) will require some 110,000 tons of copper, for the turbines alone. Transmission lines, transformers and batteries are extra. Based on average global ore concentrations, getting that copper would require extracting 40,000,000 tons of surface rock (overburden) and 25,000,000 tons of copper ore.

But those 2,500 12-megawatt 800-foot-tall turbines would provide barely enough electricity to power New York state on a hot summer day, if the wind is blowing, and before its Net Zero mandates kick in.

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Large sinkhole opens up in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Workers from the Philadelphia Water Department examine the sewage by washing down dyed water to see if there is a hole in the sewage pipe at the cross section of 57th and Media Street in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, July 26, 2023
© Tyger WilliamsWorkers from the Philadelphia Water Department examine the sewage by washing down dyed water to see if there is a hole in the sewage pipe at the cross section of 57th and Media Street in Philadelphia, Pa., on Wednesday, July 26, 2023
A large sinkhole has closed a street in West Philadelphia while crews are investigating.

The city learned of the cave-in, located near 57th and Media Streets, before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, said Brian Rademaekers, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia Water Department. The residential 1400 block of N. 57th Street is closed while an investigation is ongoing, Rademaekers said.

The cause of the cave-in is unknown, Rademaekers said, and no water issues have been reported.


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Large sinkhole appears on expressway in Malaysia

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A sinkhole has appeared on the East Coast Expressway (LPT) section leading to Karak, prompting road closure.

Bentong MP Young Syefura Othman shared this latest development on her Facebook account, alerting those who are travelling between Kuala Lumpur and Karak.

"I've received information on the sinkhole ... the road has been closed off (for both directions).

"For those planning to travel to Kuala Lumpur or to Karak, they have to go through Bentong," she said in her Facebook post, reminding everyone to be safe on the road and follow LPT management's directives.


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Siberia's growing 'gateway to the underworld,' the largest permafrost depression in the world

Newly released drone footage confirms that the Batagay crater in Siberia continues to grow in size.
The Batagay crater
© Padi Prints/Troy TV Stock/Alamy Stock PhotoThe Batagay crater is considered to be the largest permafrost depression in the world.
A massive crater in Siberia dubbed the "gateway to the underworld" by locals is continuing to grow larger, new drone footage reveals.

The footage, which was released on July 12, offers viewers a bird's-eye view of the Batagay (also spelled Bagatayka and Batagaika) crater, considered to be the largest permafrost depression in the world, according to Ruptly.tv.

Covering approximately 0.3 square miles (0.8 square kilometers) — equivalent to the area of about 145 football fields — the deep scar cutting through the east Siberian woodlands was likely triggered by deforestation during the 1940s. This led to erosion, which then exacerbated seasonal melting of the permafrost and created a "megaslump," or the massive crater in the ground. Because the permafrost in this region is comprised of 80% ice, the large amounts of melting forced sediment on the hillside to collapse, revealing what looks like a giant gash slashing through the landscape in Russia's Sakha Republic.

And it's not just drone imagery that shows that the crater continues to expand. Over the years, satellite imagery has also confirmed that the megaslump has grown in size. As the land has retreated, it has revealed "tens of thousands of years of frozen remains," dating as far back as the Middle Pleistocene, which ended 126,000 years ago.

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Massive sinkhole opens right behind home in Macungie, Pennsylvania

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A large sinkhole forced people from their home in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley on Tuesday.

It opened up on a property in the 200 block of Ridings Circle in Macungie.

Authorities taped off the sinkhole which opened up just feet from the back deck.

It's not yet clear what caused the ground to give way or if the residents will be allowed back in.

Elsewhere in Pennsylvania, a sinkhole under Route 202 in King of Prussia caused a water main break.

Repairs forced the highway to be temporarily shut down.


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Gigantic 100 ft sinkhole which swallowed sleeping man in 2013 reopens in Seffner, Florida

The sinkhole had reopened and fire crews
© Hillsborough County SheriffThe sinkhole had reopened and fire crews, along with deputies were called out to the site.
A sinkhole that swallowed a man 100 feet in 2013 reopened on Monday, according to officials. It is the third time the hole has opened.

Hillsborough County officials said that they received a call at around 4:30 p.m. about the sinkhole reopening and fire crews, along with deputies, were called out to the site.

The hole is located on a county conservation property at 240 Faithway Drive in Seffner. The site is closed to the public and secured with two layers of fencing.

Jeffrey Bush, 36, was asleep in his bedroom when the hole opened in 2013. His brother, Jeremy, said it took only seconds to race to his brother's room and jump into the hole, but the dirt was quickly rising to neck level and Jeffrey was nowhere to be seen.


Comment: Details of the second occasion in 2015: Sinkhole that swallowed Seffner, Florida man in 2013 reopens


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Massive road sinkhole in New Delhi, India

A large portion of a road in west Delhi’s Janakpuri has caved in
A large portion of a road in west Delhi’s Janakpuri has caved in.
A significant portion of a road collapsed in Delhi's Janakpuri area on Wednesday morning.

No injuries were reported in the incident, an official said.

A video doing rounds on social media showed a huge crater formed in the middle of the road after the road caved in.

Meanwhile, the police have also installed barricades around the collapsed portion to avoid any untoward incident.


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Sinkhole swallows back of ALDI delivery truck in St. Joseph, Missouri

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Sinkhole swallows back of ALDI delivery truck in St. Joseph.


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Sinkhole swallows excavator in Miramar, California

Sinkhole swallows excavator in Miramar, prompts water, gas shut-offs
Sinkhole swallows excavator in Miramar, prompts water, gas shut-offs
Crews are working to fix a sinkhole that opened on a major street in Miramar on Tuesday, the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department said.

An excavation machine tumbled into a trench at a work site on a Miramar-area street, knocking out water service to part of the neighborhood and causing a natural-gas leak that prompted some evacuations in the 8040 block of Miramar Road. The impact of the fall caused the equipment to rupture water and gas lines, prompting nearby businesses and residents to shelter in place.


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Massive sinkhole opens up near Scott Lake in Polk County, Florida

Large sinkhole forms near Scott Lake in Polk County
Large sinkhole forms near Scott Lake in Polk County
Authorities with Polk County are monitoring a 75-foot sinkhole that formed off of Scott Lake Road, just south of Fitzgerald Road in southern Lakeland Friday afternoon.

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