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Grit_dog
Mar 09, 2021Navigator III
Reisender wrote:philh wrote:
raw materials for batteries are currently strip mined in China and Africa, where they don't care about the environment.
Battery mfg can't keep up to current auto demand for batteries.
Then there's the electric grid. Many parts of the country struggle to supply enough electricity in peak demand periods.
Is it just EV batteries you don't like or the ones that are in your cell phone and lap top as well.
Teslas, Gigafactory in Nevada gets its lithium from an operation 300 kilometers away from the factory. Most raw materials can be sourced from within the continent and the US, Canadian and Mexican mining industries are all benefitting as a result of EV's in general.
No, I'm sure it's just the notion that the people who are blinded by the new shiny object don't necessarily consider all the upstream and downstream affects when promoting their personal agenda...
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