You played a bit fast and loose with the "iPods caused us to run out of lithium" non-factoid. The article talks about mining for lithium, used to make lithium-ion batteries, which obviously are not unique to iPod or Apple or even portable devices (i.e. electric cars, and house batteries). For every device that Apple manufactures and sells, there are many more times that made and sold by competitors -- so Apple isn't even the largest driver of lithium-ion battery usage.
Please don't write these false equivalencies! It makes you lose credibility. Or worse, it gets quoted and repeated as fact on social media.
The crazy thing is if they do make enough for everyone in the states, no one would want them. Make 500k pars and all of a sudden everyone wants them. That's why Vanessa Bryant ended her contract with Nike, she wanted a shoe mass produced, and Nike was like "Naw".
You played a bit fast and loose with the "iPods caused us to run out of lithium" non-factoid. The article talks about mining for lithium, used to make lithium-ion batteries, which obviously are not unique to iPod or Apple or even portable devices (i.e. electric cars, and house batteries). For every device that Apple manufactures and sells, there are many more times that made and sold by competitors -- so Apple isn't even the largest driver of lithium-ion battery usage.
Please don't write these false equivalencies! It makes you lose credibility. Or worse, it gets quoted and repeated as fact on social media.
The crazy thing is if they do make enough for everyone in the states, no one would want them. Make 500k pars and all of a sudden everyone wants them. That's why Vanessa Bryant ended her contract with Nike, she wanted a shoe mass produced, and Nike was like "Naw".