Today, we're bringing you former Vice President Joe Biden's latest insult to the American hostages in Gaza, and Piers Morgan's predictably cringe response to Elon reinstating Alex Jones. Also, we're analyzing the facts surrounding electric cars versus fossil fuels, and more!

PIERS MORGAN CRIES ABOUT ALEX JONES

• Elon Musk couldn’t be more wrong about Alex Jones: He’s not a free-speech hero — he’s a hate-speech monster
• "He has the right to say it."
• 'You are once again losing the plot': Piers Morgan cuts off Alex Jones interview
• Piers Morgan promotes ‘unmissable’ interview with Taliban spokesman Suhail Shaheen
• NHS doctor Abdul Wahid tells Piers Morgan "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter."
• Jeremy Corbyn refuses to call Hamas a terror group in on-air clash with Piers Morgan
• Piers Morgan Praises Kanye West’s Apology for Antisemitic Remarks Moments After Rapper Said He Was ‘Absolutely Not’ Sorry
• Andrew Tate Gets Into Spat With Piers Morgan
• Serial Killer with Piers Morgan review – gawping at a psychopath
• Morgan also referenced an interview he had with Alex Jones on CNN.

EV BATTERY DEEP DIVE

• SOURCE OF EV MATERIALS:
  • Critical Minerals in Electric Vehicle Batteries
• LITHIUM:
  • The Lithium Triangle: Where Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia Meet
  • The True Cost of Lithium Mining
  • In pictures: South America's 'lithium fields' reveal the dark side of our electric future
  • The Taliban are sitting on $1 trillion worth of minerals the world desperately needs
  • A worldwide lithium shortage could come as soon as 2025
• COBALT:
  • How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy
  • The Environmental Impacts of Cobalt Mining in Congo
  • This is where mobile technology begins
  • The toll of the cobalt mining industry on health and the environment
  • The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of Small-Scale Mining
  • Human Rights and Green Revolution: Preventing Child Labor and Wage Discrimination in Cobalt Mining
  • Tesla battery material supplier tops list of human rights abuses for second year in a row
• WHO OWNS THE PRODUCTION?
  • Why All Eyes Are On Zimbabwe’s Lithium Industry
  • China controls 70% of global lithium production; that’s a worry for the world
  • China’s lithium companies are in an investment frenzy
  • Challenging China’s Grip on Critical Minerals Can Be a Boon for Africa’s Future
  • Changing mining practices and greening value chains for a low carbon-world
  • Report slams Congo's $6 billion China mining deal
  • US measure would ban products containing mineral mined with child labor in Congo
  • Why All Eyes Are On Zimbabwe’s Lithium Industry
  • US lithium-ion battery imports, mostly from China, skyrocket in 2022
  • Is America’s Cobalt Problem Its Achilles’ Heel?
  • A major Idaho cobalt mine was about to begin production. Its owner just changed course Read more at: https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/northwest/idaho/article273790660.html#storylink=cpy
• Why would US companies not want to mine for such precious commodities?
  • Game-changing Lithium deposit unearthed in Nevada-Oregon border region
  • Gem Hunters Found the Lithium America Needs. Maine Won’t Let Them Dig It Up
  • 'Lithium Valley' may provide California with its next gold rush
  • A $1.5 billion lithium deposit has been discovered in western Maine, but mining it could be hard
  • DELAYS IN THE U.S. MINE PERMITTING PROCESS IMPAIR AND DISCOURAGE MINING AT HOME
  • Gem Hunters Found the Lithium America Needs. Maine Won’t Let Them Dig It Up
  • States see lithium rush for EVs as environmentalists urge caution
  • Biden is scrambling for minerals. This U.S. cobalt mine just closed.
  • Chinese automakers want to sell electric cars across America
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - BYD Auto Make History commercial
• WHERE DO THE BATTERIES GO?
  • Tesla Vehicle Warranty
  • Lithium batteries’ big unanswered question
  • China is Throwing Away Fields of Electric Cars - Letting them Rot!
  • What is U.S. electricity generation by energy source?
  • Clean Energy Investment Sets $1.1 Trillion Record, Matching Fossil Fuels For the First Time
  • Explore global data on where our energy comes from, and how this is changing.