DebbieSG
Refugee
Sure they're handy, but currently a war is raging in the Congo over land rites for the mining of the mineral coltan that is used to power these high tech devices.
see this article: http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archives/010502.coltan.html
Besides what they mention in this article, the farming base of the region is threatened because there is far much more money to be made mining coltan (it's like panning for gold) than growing crops that are often just stolen by marauding troops.
Is death and destruction, ruination of habitat and animal species, and upset of local economy in the Congo an acceptacle price to pay for our modern convenience?
Discuss.
see this article: http://www.npr.org/programs/re/archives/010502.coltan.html
Besides what they mention in this article, the farming base of the region is threatened because there is far much more money to be made mining coltan (it's like panning for gold) than growing crops that are often just stolen by marauding troops.
Is death and destruction, ruination of habitat and animal species, and upset of local economy in the Congo an acceptacle price to pay for our modern convenience?
Discuss.