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This is what a copper mine looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine The electric car own
by throw009 4y ago
This is what a copper mine looks like: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingham_Canyon_Mine
The electric car owners are not thr ones paying the externalities for it either. You can make the case the externalities are smaller but they still exist.
- yazaddaruvala 4y agoAh, yes you are right! If we do need to triple the grid's copper, that would indeed result in unpaid externalities because of poor mining practices. Hopefully, the grid doesn't need to triple because of local storage. If it does, hopefully, the recyleability of copper makes the one time cost of mining and refining a smaller externality.