New EPA Requirements
Looks like the new EPA requirements will be forcing the auto industry to shift to EV vehicles at a faster pace at a time when EV's and the power grid is not able to support this change on this propose...
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Turtle n Peeps wrote:free radical wrote:
Also EV cost way less money to drive.
And lithium is very easy to harvest or mine,oil production is 100x more destructive.
I own an electric car and no it doesn't. I've done the math many times on this forum. In fact, if I ever get my hybrid car back from the shop I will only run it on gas to save money.
You keep on telling yourself that. This Super Fund will last forever. Forever is a long time.
You dont drive Tesla= the best most eficent w best SCharging network.
When if you ever do calculate the cost again.
https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2020/03/lithium-mining-what-you-should-know-about-the-contentious-issue.html#:~:text=Where%20is%20lithium%20available%20from,China%20(1%20million%20tons).
How do the mining methods differ?
Put simply, lithium from Australia comes from ore mining, while in Chile and Argentina lithium comes from salt deserts, so-called salars. The extraction of raw materials from salars functions as follows:
lithium-containing saltwater from underground lakes is brought to the surface and evaporates in large basins. The remaining saline solution is further processed in several stages until the lithium is suitable for use in batteries.
