Terryallan wrote:
However. Are we willing to destroy the earth to have electric vehicles. From what I have been reading. A electric vehicle has a larger carbon foot print than a F150.
By the time they strip mine the battery material, ship it to China, Put it thru the many processes, and then ship it to a customer. You have a pretty big carbon footprint. In truth. Several of the mines have been closed because of the extreme air pollution they cause.
Not to say as time goes on. It won't get better. It will, but at this time. For most people. Electric is lose lose
Yah i think that refers to the manufacturing footprint. The cradle to grave emmisions of an electric vehicle are considerably less than gas vehicles. For what it's worth much of lithium for tesla batteries comes from the US and batteries built in North America will be built mostly from North American lithium. Some junk science report the lithium and cobalt used in batteries as "rare earth metals" which of course they are not. The other thing is, electric vehicles don't "burn" lithium. It is mined, and along with other materials is manufactured into a battery and then for the next 20 to 30 years is used and probably repurposed and then eventually Recycled. Yes there will be challenges but like anything else we have to walk before we run.
