I survived my neighborhood “driveway party” unscathed except for our local busybody grilling me about my new #ElectricVehicle. She’s obsessed with what becomes of the batteries at the end of life. As a geologist, I noted that the expense and liability of mining lithium and other metals would make recycling a much more economical option (and obviously more sustainable.) I doubt that she worried about crushed ICE cars filling America’s landfills and ravines. #EVs #EVsRock https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/02/17/1068037/how-do-ev-batteries-work/
@cassandra17lina I'm particularly enamored with the anti-EV argument that EVs "actually pollute more than fossil fuel vehicles." Meanwhile, I just sit there listening as I get cancer from breathing fresh air....
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This is, of course, a Fox News talking point. I also hear it over and over again. It follows the argument that battery materials extraction is dirty and costly.
@FinnegansWhacked For folks who don’t give a crap about health or the environment, there’s this: efficiency.