I blame Elon Musk, who has done incredible damage not only to his own brand, but to the idea of EVs.
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I blame Elon Musk, who has done incredible damage not only to his own brand, but to the idea of EVs.
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Ok, what do cars travel on? What lithium do you use to make all the batteries? How do you make the all the steel you need for those wind farms and the power lines you need to get the energy from the farms? How do you store it?
I’m not going to go in to all the problems, but I don’t think you’ve every questioned this story.
The grid is going to expand capacity and modernize whether EVs take off or not. Part of that modernization is storage of renewable energy using large battery plants. Those batteries will be primarily sodium based in the future.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_energy_storage_system
The materials used in making EVs are not a huge factor; I think that is a disingenuous argument. Gas vehicles require rare earth metals to build as well. Oil refineries, the distribution of gasoline, gas stations…the whole ICE car infrastructure has plenty of its own environmental impacts. There’s a whole area of the southern United States called “Cancer Alley”, where people living nearby experience a much higher rate of cancer cases than normal. It’s primarily due to all the refineries.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Alley
There are environmental impacts to everything humans do. I’m not saying that EVs completely negate that impact, but they will reduce it significantly and lead to healthier environments for humans and animals alike.
It’s not ICE or EV, it’s cars or not cars. Cars are not sustainable.
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I take it you don’t live in America. That’s fine, but unfortunately, mass transit isn’ta thing here except for densely populated cities. Cars will be on roads for the foreseeable future here.