Comments by "Devil\x27s Offspring" (@devilsoffspring5519) on "Gravitas Plus: The dark side of Electric Vehicles" video.

As if oil wars are somehow more civilized :) Cobalt does NOT make batteries stable and allow them to operate safely. That's shit-quality reporting. Cobalt allows the battery pack to store more energy so the electric vehicle travels longer on a full charge. It's a conflict element and that's why it's use in EV batteries is controversial. There are lithium-ion batteries that don't use cobalt. Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) cells are an example, but the pack has to be almost twice as big and heavy for the car to have the same range, because cobalt-based batteries are smaller and lighter for the same energy storage. That's why we used oil products (gasoline/Diesel fuel) for cars. It takes up very little space, and is lightweight, for the amount of energy it stores. That's also why we have wars over oil, so the terrorists don't control the oil wealth and use it to develop nuclear weapons.
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