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EVs are supposed to be green, but the truth is a bit murkier (2019)
- mikestew 6y agoCaptain ClickSaver here, with a brief run-down of what is the typical shit-posting contrarian "EVs aren't really green!!!111!" article. First, let's look at the opening sentences/headlines: Electric vehicles are supposed to be green, but the truth is a bit murkier To paraphrase John Goodman in The Big Lebowski: "greener than your ICE, Dude." But the only murkiness is from the shit-stirring of your article, Mr./Ms. I-Had-A-Deadline-to-Meet. Mining lithium for batteries, plus how they're charged, can affect an EV’s impact on environment Lithium not delivered by rainbow-farting unicorns, EV owners shocked at the news and disappointed that lithium mining is not as clean as oil and the snow-like purity of its extraction. An electric vehicle may not have a tailpipe, but it still has a carbon footprint. At this point I quit reading. If there actually is a nugget of information to be gleaned in this article, I'm not mining this article this article to find it. I mean, I get it, EV owners can be a bit over-the-top and maybe manufacturers are over-promising. Maybe. But is it really necessary that every news outlet publish articles such as this to "balance" it out?
- Justsignedup 6y agoAlso all car manufacturing has a carbon footprint. And yes Lithium needs to be mined. Also to note, a foreseeable future is mining can be done via electric as well. ALSO while TODAY much of the charging can be from gas/coal plants generating electricity, when the infrastructure changes all EVs improve. Meanwhile ICE cars will ALWAYS use the same ol' fuel.