Switch to Nuclear for electricity and both inconvenient facts go away.
Never go full retard.
...not to mention the inevitable planned obsolescence of the battery, itself.
CO2 is NOT a pollutant!🙄
My twenty-year-old truck burns gasoline. My neighbor’s EV burns coal. Lol
Our ‘leaders’ must be looking at we serfs saying
to themselves:
Sigh, you just can’t teach an old horse new tricks.
Off to the glue factory they go....
It still takes fossil fuels to make electric cars, and to mine/transport/convert the metals into batteries.
HazmatLithium battery fires
The cargo ship Felicity Ace, carrying thousands of cars, has sunk due to the fire onboard which occurred in mid February. The ship carried a large amount of electric cars, and the burning lithium on board is thought to have made extinguishing efforts much worse.
In mid-February, a large fire broke out on the cargo ship Felicity Ace, which transported thousands of cars to the United States - including an unknown number of electric cars that are believed to have made the situation worse.
The 200 meter long cargo ship Felicity Ace sank after a fire that broke out on board, and lasted for 13 days, reports the news agency AP. The ship was transporting around 4,000 cars between Germany and the United States. The fire started on one of the cargo decks on February 16.
At the time, the ship was located about 100 kilometers from the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The 22 crew members were able to be quickly evacuated without any injuries. When the ship sank, the fire had finally been extinguished, and Felicity Ace was in the process of being towed towards shore.
Just a matter of time before a e-car battery fire in a parking garage below a high rise will result in extensive damage to the building & possibly multiple deaths.
Electric Vehicles are a Dead-End ?
The politicians run for office on IMAGE. The image people have is that electric cars have lower emissions. I really don’t see that changing. One could hope that the facts (as discussed in the article) would make a difference but it just isn’t happening.
And, the most basic question of all goes unasked and unanswered: Where is the clean energy coming from to build and operate our electric cars? The answer is:
a. Something will come up.
b. I have no idea.
EVs still need to be pioneered and "domesticated" imo.
In the meanwhile, they seem to be a form of "follow the unconstitutional, desperate Democratic federal spending," junk science escapism.
Solving The Ozone Problem Caused By Electric Cars (non-FR; 4.18.2011)
The Benefits And Risks Of Electric Cars (ozone risk; non-FR; 10.22.22)
An additinal negative, this one concerning EV battries not holding charge too well in cold weather, is that testing is showing that batteries also take longer to charge in cold weather.
EV CHARGING IN COLD TEMPERATURES COULD POSE CHALLENGES FOR DRIVERS (non-FR; 7.30.2018)
Also, if I understand this correctly, ozone is a secondary pollutant from fossil fuel-based electric power plants, ozone formed when primary polutants interact with sunlight.
"Ozone is one of the most difficult pollutants to control because it is not directly emitted. Instead, dangerous compounds and nitrous oxides released from vehicles, power plants, landfills and other biomass and fossil fuel burning facilities react with sunlight to form this secondary pollutant." How Ozone Pollution is Destroying Plants (non-FR; 5.21.2020)
Corrections, insights welcome.
This video explores the required materials to complete the transition from fossil fuels to the “green economy”. It’s basically an engineering feasibility study. It’s reasonably thorough.
The quantity of metal required to make just one generation of renewable tech units to replace fossil fuels, is much larger than first thought. Current mining production of these metals is not even close to meeting demand. Current reported mineral reserves are also not enough in size. Most concerning is copper as one of the flagged shortfalls. Exploration for more at required volumes will be difficult, with this seminar addressing these issues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBVmnKuBocc
Joe must feel guilty about driving that gas guzzler corvette.
And then you have to replace the batteries.
Imagine waking up at 3:30AM and discovering your house is on fire caused by your EV parked in your attached garage spontaneously combusting. Might cause some interesting challenges for the insurance company.
The goal is not to force most people to drive EVs. Even the far left knows that the power grid could never take it, especially as they shut down coal and gas power plants and try to power the grid with wind, sunshine, rainbows and unicorn farts.
The goal is to force most sheeple to live in high density apartments in democrat controlled cities and ride mass transit. Then the rich liberal elite can ride around in $100K EVs without having to wait in traffic.
I own an EV (excellent commuter car) and can attest all of his points are entirely accurate.
Moreover:
The “planet” is a huge chunk of inert matter floating through space. Doesn’t care about anything and humans can’t save or kill it.
However, CO2 is a vital trace gas necessary for all life on earth, and all life on earth would benefit from having a bit more of it.