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fish-rides-bike t1_iyb48s3 wrote

But as article says, the tie to slavery conditions somewhere along the long supply chain is endemic to all modern products, and is not especially specific to the renewables industries.

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Monarc73 t1_iybtfpq wrote

Its worth highlighting the renewable chain though if you are a petro-shill.

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Skimfest1 t1_iyczl8l wrote

Did you use a phone or computer to type this comment? Congratulations, you are a petro-shill.

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youmu123 t1_iybu3xz wrote

Thing is, the vast majority of world labour is free labour, but a product's supply chain is not "slavery free" if even one step has forced labour.

"Forced labour" products are often 99% free labour, 1% modern slavery. That's why modern slavery permeates almost every supply chain even though modern slave workers are less than 1% of the world's workforce.

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lionhart280 t1_iye94ex wrote

From the article:

> The report noted that China’s Xinjiang region is where 40 to 45 percent of the polysilicon for use in the solar photovoltaic supply chain is sourced, and about 2.6 million Kazakh and Uyghur people have been interned, coerced and subjected to “re-education programs” there, reported The Guardian.

Thats a lot more than "1%"

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