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> Old oil is processed and re-used (as cheaper oil, or for heating) Or illegally dumped if we follow OPs cynical reasoning. > it's usually one of the electron
by FriedrichN 5y ago
> Old oil is processed and re-used (as cheaper oil, or for heating)
Or illegally dumped if we follow OPs cynical reasoning.
> it's usually one of the electronic parts
I didn't know tubes, gaskets, seals, clutches, oil filters, spark plugs, fuel pumps, radiators, alternators were electronic parts.
I am not claiming EVs are perfect but to propose classical ICE vehicles are somehow much better simply does not make any sense. To exist as a modern human is to have an impact on your environment.
- ppf 5y agoThose are all relatively inert parts, and scrap steel and aluminium is relatively easily extracted. I didn't set out to argue that ICE vehicles are much better (although, honestly, I think it might be a defensible position), but the waste products from an end-of-life EV are significantly more damaging than those from an ICE.
- natch 5y agoOn what evidence are you basing that last assertion?
- ppf 5y agoAn end-of-life EV = an end-of-life ICE - a block of metal + a large lithium battery pack.
- natch 5y agoI think you are resting your argument on the assumption that a large lithium battery pack is a damaging thing then. I would then ask if there is any evidence behind this assumption.
- ppf 5y agoThe contents of said battery pack? I suppose they are relatively inert, if you just dumped it into landfill. But then that's still much worse than ICE engines, which can be very easily recycled.