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I understand there is a considerable amount of haz mat that is created in the manufacture these auto batteries.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

#21: "I understand there is a considerable amount of haz mat that is created in the manufacture these auto batteries."

Absolutely. Just mining and refining the copper for the motors (which in one car amounts to hundreds of miles of copper windings) produces tons and tons of toxic waster.

All of the exotic materials involved in the manufacture of the batteries is staggering. They are in limited supply, and much of it is mined by impoverished black children living in shi+hole countries.

It really requires a book to detail all the disadvantages of electric cars. If the NIMBYs don't like high tension electric transmission lines now, widespread adoption of electric vehicles will increase their count by an order of magnitude.

The direct conversion of chemical energy into motive force is tremendously efficient in comparison to the whole life cycle abuse of the environment entailed in the production and use of electric vehicles.
 

[OldMissileer]

I understand there is a considerable amount of haz mat that is created in the manufacture these auto batteries.

The word "considerable" is an understatement. Just the mining operations are almost horrific.

Go online and search for "Lithium Mine" and then click on Images. Take a look at the photos of what is out there for just the Lithium component of the batteries.