Why We Went Extinct<p>Big car companies have been fined by the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eu</span></a> for working in a cartel that had the goal to not become more ambitious than strictly necessary for their recycling goals for electric vehicles. By that they have probably put the break on innovation in that area. The cartel existed from 2002 up to 2017.</p><p>If you have ever wondered why the change to a more sustainable economy is going slow...</p><p><a href="https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_881" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ec.europa.eu/commission/pressc</span><span class="invisible">orner/detail/en/ip_25_881</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/clue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clue</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cartel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>elv</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/circulareconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>circulareconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a></p>