{"id":236849,"date":"2022-12-30T11:39:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=236849"},"modified":"2022-12-30T11:39:27","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T10:39:27","slug":"joe-rogan-exposes-the-battery-mining-industry-extreme-problems-in-the-harshest-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=236849","title":{"rendered":"Joe Rogan: EXPOSES The Battery Mining Industry!! EXTREME Problems in The Harshest Conditions !?!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"406\" data-attachment-id=\"236854\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=236854\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?fit=895%2C502&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"895,502\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?fit=723%2C406&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?resize=723%2C406&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?w=895&amp;ssl=1 895w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JREandTheFam\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/yyFf7PDsNoExoqor_b6eVr-t9PLnDLeMyEm9Qxr0pNagvc2hBjRzdG6mHFOtxoYwwM45ebpOwuo=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@JREandTheFam\">JRE &amp; the Fam<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Joe Rogan &amp; Siddharth Kara discuss the insane contains that the people in the Congo face while mining Cobalt. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">These companies say it is properly done with safety equipment and with people of the proper age, but that has been exposed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">There is a percentage of this cobalt in every battery there is no way to avoid it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">How can we fix these situations? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">What are you thoughts? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Siddharth Kara is an author and expert on modern-day slavery, human trafficking, and child labor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Look for his new book, &#8220;Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives,&#8221; on January 31, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"723\" height=\"407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/piXwDW36jBQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Rogan &#038; Siddharth Kara discuss the insane contains that the people in the Congo face while mining\u00a0Cobalt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":236854,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-236849","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","9":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/00Screenshot-2022-12-30-113807.png?fit=895%2C502&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-ZC9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":237426,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=237426","url_meta":{"origin":236849,"position":0},"title":"The disturbing reality of cobalt mining for rechargeable batteries","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/01\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Cobalt is a mined mineral needed for all rechargeable batteries including phones, pads, laptops and Electric Vehicles (EV\u2019s). 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