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 Glad you survived (and hopefully otherwise had a good time.) You might let the busy body know that EV batteries are being refurbished and turned into solar energy batteries. :)
@TrueBloodNet These are the same Luddites who fought me on my rooftop solar array because they claim that the panels will end up in landfills polluting groundwater. I spent my entire career in environmental consulting (including cleaning up the contaminants from “traditional” practices) and have been an early adopter of alternative energy and now an EV.