Cobalt

The NY Times is finally waking up to some facts about climate change. The quest for Congo's cobalt has exposed an international cycle of exploitation and greed. 70% of the world's supply comes from the Congo and most of this is mined by child labor. Maybe the Times will soon discover the problems with mining rare earth metals. Maybe they will look into how these used materials are dumped back into the earth and often times in Africa. Maybe they will wake up to the fact that using thorium nuke power would eliminate the mining of all of these elements. Maybe they will see through the politics of this disaster and come to realize that wind and solar are not the answers. Maybe!