A guide to electric car misinformation (part 2)
The truth is, when it comes to the environment, there really is no such thing as a “good” car.
"Fact-based, well-researched, and excellent reporting.
In my opinion, the more significant issues with EV's are: Environmental impact of rare-earth mining, health issues and abuses of third-world miners, and lithium battery recycling, possible vs reality.
U.S. mining operations are developing much less environmentally and worker impactful extraction technologies. In addition, safer, more energy-dense non-lithium batteries are near market ready.
Utility-scale off-shore wind farms, solar farms, and relatively clean and safe Thorium-based MSRs will soon be the nation’s clean-energy generators.
This is likely to be in effect in 2-5 years. Can we wait to buy an EV? Depends on what works for you. For me, I’m waiting for longer-range EVs that use non-lithium batteries.
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Last week, we talked about the recent uptick in politically-motivated electric vehicle misinformation, and went through some of the most prevalent myths and misleading claims about EV policy.
This week, we’ll be going t…
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