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> Now factor in the environmental factors of making the batteries and disposing of them, and account for fossil fuels used to generate power. This has been deb

> Now factor in the environmental factors of making the batteries and disposing of them, and account for fossil fuels used to generate power. This has been debunked to death. EVs already have a smaller environmental footprint and become more efficient as the grid gets greener. > Also factor in the environmental and safety issues with having huge batteries on wheels, where defects and accidents turn into conflagrations. It could be worse, imagine if vehicles were travelling around with gallons of extremely flammable liquid stored in thin tanks. I mean, ICEs never catch fire, right?

ok123456 4y ago
> This has been debunked to death. EVs already have a smaller environmental footprint and become more efficient as the grid gets greener. Oh nice. "Debunked." Does that "debunking" just ignore moving a lot of the environmental factors to the global south where the raw materials are mined and processed? > It could be worse, imagine if vehicles were travelling around with gallons of extremely flammable liquid stored in thin tanks. I mean, ICEs never catch fire, right? To ignite, gasoline and diesel needs to be at the right 2:1 air-fuel ratio and at the right compression. Even holding a match right next to it, it takes effort to get a pool of it to ignite. This is more than can what be said about EV batteries. Chevy EVs are banned from parking at my local airport because of their tendency to self-ignite spontaneously. The average Tesla fire, a common occurrence, takes hours upon hours to put out.