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Originally Posted by TRZ06
The real environmental impact of EV's is not yet realized. Once we have to start mass disposing of those batteries, then we can say whether we should have stuck with ICE or not.
There is no free lunch, there will always be an environmental impact, it just shifts as to at what point in the process it is at.
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I agree, however, EV battery reuse is already a thing. After they wear out in a car, they can be reused in applications that require less draw, like low power applications.
However, I completely agree, I don't think the world governments and corporations, and it's [mostly uneducated or incompetent] citizens who blindly follow what is fed to them through their gov't leaders or biased media have considered the ramifications of EVs:
1) The massive natural resources and land mining for precious metals required to make 10s of millions of batteries per year and subsequent transportation of those resources.
2) The fact that many, many places still get power from coal
3) The fact that many, many places do not have the power infrastructure to handle 10s of millions of EVs and the daily charge required
4) Disposal after reuse. At least with ICEs the metal engines can be melted and reused, WTH are they going to do with 100s of milions of EV batteries starting in a decade or two? That alone scares the begeezus out of me for the environment.
5) Tesla mastered this whole EV thing, and everyone else is following, playing catchup -- the ENTIRE WORLD!!! Do we really want a vehicle infrastructure that Elon Musk mastered simply for profit? For Pete's sake.
Everyone thinks that just because the car isn't polluting while it's driving, that it has minimal environmental impact. That couldn't be further from the truth.