Oh, nevermind. There were other people in the scammer’s vehicle.
That’s an excellent start.
He clearly didn’t think about the ramifications of his actions but then I’m sure he didn’t care either. 5 years in prison won’t do anything to rehabilitate him, imo. He looks like the kind that has friends in prison. I bet he’s covered in tattoos.
I must have glossed over that video the first time. I didn’t even notice the other people were in the dashcam video. Maybe I was distracted 
by something else. Idk. Anyway, nobody was hurt. I guess we should be happy about that.
Yes. The first is more dangerous, even though nobody got hurt.
I’m not sure he’s more dangerous but he’s certainly more careless. Are you satisfied with the outcome?
The first one, basically. 5 years. I agree that will not rehab him. If he’s that unstable, he’ll be a danger in 5 years.
The other 4. None of them should be allowed to drive again. Their main charge seems to be some type of fraud. Not even a driving thing really. Guy might get 7 years and wasn’t the driver, so heavy changes for not even driving.
I’m ok with both.
You make a good point here. They are frauds and should be treated as frauds and not bad drivers.
I don’t think merging is going to save them. They fell too far behind on electric and now they’re screwed.
You’re so right, Reg. Big waste. Child-mined battery operated cars from China is the only global future in transportation. There’s really no room for anything else according to rulers of this world.
You can also read through the bologna in that article. They are trying to make it look like there is a pattern every 100 years but at best this has only happened once since the advent of automobiles. That is not a pattern. It’s a monopoly on cars. If there’s no competition they can set the price and determine what consumers pays and I’m sure the American government will make sure we pay a little extra for kicks and giggles.
Michele, you are woefully ignorant about this topic. There is no child-mining going on outside the Congo and that is for cobalt. In fact, almost all new battery tech is focused on sodium, which is one of the most plentiful materials on Earth.
That make you deplorably willfull to share your great knowledge.
Oh, then we should dismiss all child mining as insignificant to society.
That may be true but experts have yet to conquer the low energy density salt produces.
Not at all, but when cobalt isn’t used in any modern battery chemistry, why are you bringing up child labour in reference to electric car batteries?
Cobalt is used in Lithium Ion batteries. Almost all Chinese EVs have moved or are moving to Lithium Iron Phosphate or Sodium batteries, neither of which uses cobalt.
Because using children for your own selfish purpose is wrong. Those kids should be in school learning but they are just slaves to a system.
All true, but what does this have to do with “Child-mined battery operated cars from China”? Battery operated cars from China do not use Child-mined cobalt.
Did I just step into the twilight zone?
You never left it. Or you didn’t read my last three posts. Let me spell this out:
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The only widespread child-labour involved in mining worldwide that is relevant to battery production is cobalt mining in the Congo.
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Chinese EVs have almost all moved (or are in the process of moving) to Lithium Iron Phosphate or Sodium based battery chemistries, which do not use cobalt.
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US electric cars generally use Lithium Ion batteries, which do use cobalt, and which are actually responsible for promoting child labour in the Congo.
Clear now? You want to stop child mining in the Congo? Buy a Chinese electric car, not a US-made electric car.
Save Honda you mean? They are way behind on EVs but are a far superior automaker compared to Nissan.
Dan, in my opinion, any car company that has less than 1% battery electric vehicle sales right now is dead, including Honda.
Honda has fewer ev sales than nissan. Or I would think they would. Honda isn’t really that big either.
As chrystal. One more question. Who owns the mines?
You mean like Tesla?