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ElwoodBlues · M
Split decision. I've said and I'll continue to say that I'm grateful to Elon Musk for dragging the world auto industry kicking and screaming into the electric era. I'm guessing he sped up the transition by ten or more years. With that said, I find his egotism and his politics despicable.
Nimbus · M
@ElwoodBlues Good point!
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ElwoodBlues · M
@Emosaur Agreed, public transportation is the better option. However, most cities and towns in the US have [b]lousy[/b] public transport available, and most US citizens love their cars too much to change. Our solution has to take account of these facts.
[quote] plus most electric car batteries use cobalt[/quote] An electric car with a 70kWh battery pack has about 63 kilos of lithium, and that lasts for about 150,000 miles. The environmental damage of 150,000 miles worth of fossil fuels is FAR worse than the environmental damage of 150,000 miles worth of lithium.
We are already weaning ourselves off of cobalt:
[quote]Tesla is already using cobalt-free LFP batteries in half of its new cars produced
Apr 22 2022 [/quote]
Australia produces over 20% of the world's cobalt and they do so without exploiting workers.
I have addressed the fossil fuel part of your comment at top level under this question.
[quote] plus most electric car batteries use cobalt[/quote] An electric car with a 70kWh battery pack has about 63 kilos of lithium, and that lasts for about 150,000 miles. The environmental damage of 150,000 miles worth of fossil fuels is FAR worse than the environmental damage of 150,000 miles worth of lithium.
We are already weaning ourselves off of cobalt:
[quote]Tesla is already using cobalt-free LFP batteries in half of its new cars produced
Apr 22 2022 [/quote]
Australia produces over 20% of the world's cobalt and they do so without exploiting workers.
I have addressed the fossil fuel part of your comment at top level under this question.
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