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Lifetime carbon footprint still far better for electric. As admitted in the article. So nothing to see here folks; move along.
by JoeAltmaier 5y ago
Lifetime carbon footprint still far better for electric. As admitted in the article. So nothing to see here folks; move along.
- belter 5y agoI want it to be true. Are we are there already ? "The spiralling environmental cost of our lithium battery addiction" https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environmen... "Estimating The Carbon Footprint Of Utility-Scale Battery Storage" "...there have been few studies to characterize emissions associated with battery usage in storage applications..." https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/02/16/estimating-the-carbon-footprint-of-utility-scale-battery-storage/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2020/02/16/estimating-t... "The CO2 Impact of the 2020s’ Battery Quality Lithium Hydroxide Supply Chain" "Volkswagen recently claimed that they need to emit 2.5x more CO2 to manufacture an EV compared to an internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicle" https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9aa323c46f6d499a2ac1c5/t/5fe8ae081c123d7f84d3211d/1609084425044/The+CO2+Impact+of+the+2020s+Battery+Quality+Lithium+Hydroxide+Supply+Chain.pdf https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5c9aa323c46f6d499a2ac...