In order to transition the world's fleet away from fossil fuels and toward cleaner, greener, and more equitable solutions, we need more battery materials.

But just as the industry is experimenting with new battery chemistries that use materials that are easier to source and require fewer... problematic extraction methods and human rights violations, there's a new kid on the block that promises the holy grail of more lithium, cobalt, and little consequences to boot...

At least, as long as you're not an Ocean creature because the new source of all of these raw minerals and metals is the deep sea, and the materials are extracted using a very, very destructive process.

So why then did Tesla recently suggest its shareholders vote against a proposal to execute a moratorium on deepsea mining? And why are GM and other automakers equally skirmish about swearing off deepseamined minerals?



00:00 Introduction
02:57 Background: Tesla Shareholder Vote
04:42 What is DSM?
07:34 Diversity in the Deep
09:01 Getting permission to mine is relatively easy
10:56 This isn't fair or equitable
12:46 Holdling Automakers Accountable
15:34 Tesla tried to remove the vote
17:22 What we CAN do
18:45 We need to stop making masisve EVs
22:07 Thanks, and Goodbye!


Links:

‪@LastWeekTonight‬ covers Deep Sea Mining:    • DeepSea Mining: Last Week Tonight wi...  

Original proposal from As You Sow (voted against at Tesla Shareholder Meeting) : https://ir.tesla.com/_flysystem/s3/se...

As You Sow asks GM shareholders for the same thing: https://www.asyousow.org/pressreleas...

What is Deep Sea Mining? https://www.wri.org/insights/deepsea...

Google, BMW, AB Volvo, Samsung all support moratorium on Deep Sea Mining: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?19099...

Tesla tries to stop the moratorium proposal from As You Sow from being voted on: https://www.governanceintelligence.c...

Fauna and FLora's Deep Sea Mining Report March 2023 https://www.faunaflora.org/publicati...




Presenter, Script, Audio: Nikki GordonBloomfield
Camera, Editor, Colorist: M. Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki GordonBloomfield
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