FR EV-ites in 3,...2,.... Yeah I know circumstances and results for each person will vary.................
To manufacture each E.V. auto battery, the following material must be processed: 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper.
All told, suppliers must dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery. Sixty-eight percent of the world’s cobalt, a significant part of an E.V. battery, comes from the Congo, where they have no pollution controls and minimal regulation, and they employ children, who die from handling this toxic material.
There are no emissions directly from an E.V. itself. However, there are many from mining operations. These facts are not generally publicized.
Don’t get me wrong, EV.s can be part of the solution, but doing away with fossil fuels like California wants to do is not a viable alternative now.
“FR EV-ites in 3,...2,....”
Yep. They remind me of atheists a little.
It’s not enough that they have every right to think EVs are a good thing, they want to shut down everyone else’s right to critique the product....weird.