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Electric cars still require rubber tires, most of which are made from fossil/petro resources. Electric cars still require roads to drive on, many of which are
by stevespang 6y ago
Electric cars still require rubber tires, most of which are made from fossil/petro resources.
Electric cars still require roads to drive on, many of which are asphault, which contains cancer causing aromatics, and is the lowest, heaviest product in a refinery crack tower.
Many lubricants which are derived from fossil/petro are used in electric car transmissions, etc.
Electric cars have no less fossil/petro derived plastic and polymers than conventional cars.
- yellowapple 6y agoAnd all of these points are infinitely more useful and applicable than the entirety of the article. Addressing those issues is arguably the next step toward sustainable transportation. Non-petroleum-based plastics are becoming more mainstream, and I look forward to when they're mechanically and economically competitive enough to displace petroleum-based plastics entirely.