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Electric Vehicles and the Untold Secret: Are They Actually Worse For The Environment and More Dangerous Than Gas?
Miami Herald ^ | February 23, 2023 | By Amir Bakian

Posted on 02/23/2023 6:07:08 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Electric vehicles (EVs) are all the rage. They are touted as a cleaner and more sustainable alternative to gasoline-powered vehicles. The United States government has passed numerous legislative actions to phase out gas-powered vehicles and make sure that, within the near term, all vehicles are electric.

The common belief is that electric vehicles are more environmentally friendly and, in general, a safer form of energy. The dark secret: neither are true.

Currently the gold standard for all major electronic products, EV’s included, are batteries which are made of lithium-ion. The inventor of lithium-ion himself, after receiving the Nobel Prize, warned the world of the dangerous of lithium-ion batteries. So what are they?

Environmental Impact:

The main concern associated with lithium-ion batteries is the mining of the raw materials needed to produce them, which can have significant environmental impacts.

THE DANGERS OF LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES:

I am going to make a bold statement, but one that is true. Electric vehicles are basically a bomb on wheels, because of the lithium-ion batteries. I am sure its not a popular statement, but a factual one nonetheless.

Lithium-ion batteries, as confirmed by its own inventor, are seriously flawed and seriously dangerous.

Once they catch fire the real problem begins:

In general, when a lithium-ion battery catches fire, it can release large amounts of heat, smoke, and toxic gases, which can pose a serious risk to human health and the environment.

(Excerpt) Read more at miamiherald.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: electricvehicles; evs; globalwarming; hoax; lithiumion; propaganda; socialism; sparky
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1 posted on 02/23/2023 6:07:08 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Lithium is water reactive. Nothing they combine it with can likely stop its dissociation when ignited.


2 posted on 02/23/2023 6:11:23 AM PST by momincombatboots (QEphesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
There's a burnt shell of an old small pickup (maybe a Ranger) on the side of a highway about 3 miles from where I live that's been there about a week. I don't know what caused it to burn, whether it caught on fire wile driving, etc.

The other day my wife and I drove past it and I joked that it's not real. My wife asked why. I told her it wasn't an EV and EV's are supposedly the only ones that catch on fire. LOL

3 posted on 02/23/2023 6:12:11 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

And I will add more expensive to fuel than gas is for automobiles in some locales.


4 posted on 02/23/2023 6:12:13 AM PST by iontheball
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

In a word, yes.


5 posted on 02/23/2023 6:17:34 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: Tell It Right
Any vehicle can catch fire.

The difference is that the small pickup you saw didn’t burn out of control for 10-12 hours and require the local fire department to use a year’s supply of fire suppressant foam to extinguish it.

6 posted on 02/23/2023 6:17:44 AM PST by Alberta's Child
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To: Tell It Right

Ever seen an ICE car catch fire because it was submerged underwater? I haven’t.

EVs however......


7 posted on 02/23/2023 6:18:11 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: Tell It Right

“I told her it wasn’t an EV and EV’s are supposedly the only ones that catch on fire.”

Yes, every thread like this gets a lot people who don’t have the common sense to understand that gasoline is flammable.


8 posted on 02/23/2023 6:18:55 AM PST by Renfrew (Muscovia delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
The United States government has passed numerous legislative actions to phase out gas-powered vehicles and make sure that, within the near term, all vehicles are electric.

When?..................

9 posted on 02/23/2023 6:19:07 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

This elicits a few thoughts. Unless I missed the headlines why haven’t the wef globalists targeted lithium factories the same way they have targeted many other processing plants?

Government operatives forcing the transitioning to EV’s is like mandating mercury bulbs to replace the incandescent light bulbs. And wondering why there is a sudden increase of toxic levels of mercury in the environment.

Or like government mandating a change in gallons to flush to 1.8, which in reality requires 2-3 flushes thereby increasing water usage.


10 posted on 02/23/2023 6:21:43 AM PST by patriot torch
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Windmills are deadly to birds, but windmills are more important to the climate change brigade with respect to their agenda and image, so too bad for the bald eagles that get shredded.

Ditto regarding EV and gasoline cars. No way are these wokesters going to admit anything bad about EVs if it damages their political agenda.

Same reason why when Walgreens puts out an ad to get your clot shot, there is not one second spent on listing possible side effects, yet every single other tv ad for a drug on the market takes up half of it listing the possible side effects such as strokes, heart attack, cancer, etc...

11 posted on 02/23/2023 6:22:19 AM PST by HandBasketHell
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

EVs are a Dead-end


12 posted on 02/23/2023 6:24:33 AM PST by butlerweave
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>Yes, every thread like this gets a lot people who don’t have the common sense to understand that gasoline is flammable.

When I was in second grade, we had a visit by the fire department. The fireman put a cigarette out in a bucket of gas. It’s the vapor that is flammable.


13 posted on 02/23/2023 6:26:22 AM PST by fretzer
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Yes, every thread like this gets a lot people who don’t have the common sense to understand that gasoline is flammable.

In a way I agree with most FReepers on this even though my wife and I own an EV. I think it shouldn't be forced onto us. It should be a free market decision. In fact, I wouldn't own an EV if the Dims weren't hell bent on making gasoline cost too much and every now and then hard to come by.

By owning both an EV and an ICE pickup we have the best of both worlds. Both in enjoyment (driving an EV is fun) and in utility (ICE pickup). Plus it gives us diversification on energy dependencies. If the Dims make gas too expensive (IMHO it still is) and/or hard to come by, we can rely on the EV. If the Dims make power too expensive and/or hard to come by, we can rely on the ICE pickup. By having one of each (since we need 2 cars anyway) we don't have all of our transportation eggs in one energy basket.

14 posted on 02/23/2023 6:27:05 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Electric Vehicles and the Untold Secret: Are They Actually Worse For The Environment and More Dangerous Than Gas?

Yes!


15 posted on 02/23/2023 6:27:18 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Yeah. But they really help the communist Dung Beetles control the American PEOPLE.


16 posted on 02/23/2023 6:27:42 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Remember what FJB Brandon said, "...more than half of the women in my administration are women.")
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Aside from the potential CAR-B-Q, I’ve already seen two EVs suddenly go into hazard light mode as they very slowly moved over to get off the road. I have no evidence, but I suspect they ran out of juice just as golf carts tend to do by the 17th hole. How many accidents will this cause in two years... five years... ten?


17 posted on 02/23/2023 6:28:11 AM PST by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Our “earth-friendly” EPA began requiring ever-increasing MPG decades ago to “save the planet”.

When will they announce regulations limiting the amount of lithium allowed in each EV?


18 posted on 02/23/2023 6:31:51 AM PST by motor_racer ("We're gonna punish our enemies, and we're gonna reward our friends" - Barak Obama)
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Now you've done it!

Brace yourself for megasize images of ICE vehicles ablaze by everyone's favorite EV proselytizer, TelsaGator.

19 posted on 02/23/2023 6:33:05 AM PST by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness
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To: butlerweave

“EVs are a Dead-

Yep, that fact was established in the early 1920’s.


20 posted on 02/23/2023 6:33:06 AM PST by wjcsux (RIP Rush Limbaugh 12 Jan 1951- 17 Feb 2021. We really miss you. 😢)
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