WEF Plans to Embed Human Tracking Chips in Batteries
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The World Economic Forum (WEF) has taken up yet another climate
change and "clean green energy" cause: car batteries footprint, and
what to do about it.
One thing the Davos-based group seems to be pushing are the
activities of an organization called the Global Battery Alliance
(GBA) - and its freshly published Greenhouse Gas Rulebook.
A piece on the groups site manages to work a type of digital ID
into the whole story, as a component in monitoring the impact car
batteries have on the environment, with the rulebook designed to
calculate and track "greenhouse gas" footprint linked to lithium-ion
batteries, whether used in vehicles or elsewhere.
The post, penned by Co-Chair of the Global Battery Alliance Benedikt
Sobotka and German chemicals giant BASF CEO and Chairman of the
Board of Executive Directors Martin Brudermuller, first speaks about
this basically being the year of a huge global energy crisis, one they
think will result in a move away from natural gas and oil.
And while growing electric car sales are viewed as a positive thing,
the authors say there is not enough "transparency" when it comes to
their effect on the environment. The fact is mentioned that although
electric cars are considered environment-friendly, the batteries are
actually made from materials like lithium, copper, and iron - this,
in the context of the mining industry not being the "cleanest"
out there.
Regardless, the main point seems to be to obtain insights which can
ultimately lead to establishing control over how people use their
batteries, and as is so often the case with the WEF-backed
initiatives, establishing rules and standards before legitimate
international organizations or nation-states can make their own.
And so the rulebook is said to include guidance from both the EU
and International Organization for Standardization (ISO) - but also,
adds "around 80 globally harmonized rules in an easy-to-use format"
of its own.
And then, the rulebook "aims to provide a sound method by which
to generate and collect process-specific data, so users and
manufacturers can compare the carbon footprints across vendors
of batteries and their components."
The plan is to do this via a framework for data collection for "the
Battery Passport" - "providing an unprecedented, wide-reaching seal
of assurance on the sustainability, provenance and governance of the
batteries that are powering the EV (electric vehicle) revolution."
The Battery Passport consists of "a digital ID for batteries
containing data and descriptions about the ESG performance,
manufacturing history, and provenance as well as advancing battery
life extension and enabling recycling."
It also consists of, "a digital platform that will collect, exchange,
collate and report data among all authorized lifecycle stakeholders
to advance a sustainable value chain for electric vehicle (EV) and
stationary batteries. It will transparently report progress toward
global goals along the battery value chain to inform policy-making
for governments, the civil society and develop performance
benchmarks."
