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> few people talk about just how damaging it is mining for rare metals to make those batteries thank goodness oil production isn't damaging at all and has zero
by roywiggins 2y ago
> few people talk about just how damaging it is mining for rare metals to make those batteries
thank goodness oil production isn't damaging at all and has zero cost, then
if you're going to talk about mining, every other environmental cost of the fossil fuel lifecycle is fair game. how confident are you that oil and gas come out ahead?
- hnlmorg 2y agoI’m not claiming oil mining comes out ahead either. I’m just saying the environmental cost of EV suffers from a lot of greenwashing. They’re not always as green as people like to think. Unfortunately, this is a massively complicated subject and it’s hard to definitively make claims because there’s also a large element of locality (where you live) and user-specific circumstances (like how long you keep a car, how often you drive, etc) My original comment was just that it’s easy to say “EV is the future” but really we need to be extremely mindful that EV still has a long way to go itself and thus we shouldn’t be dismissive of any research happening in the automotive industry.