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Budi

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17. I would feel as guilty driving a gasoline engine car as an EV auto

Reply to Miguelito Loveless (Reply #16)

Wed Mar 24, 2021, 05:59 PM

Mar 2021

Considering the damage to the areas being mined & the people exploited.

The arid US regions are already battling over water rights. Mining will decrease that flow even more. It harms, in the long term, plants, animals, migratory species & people.

Just cuz its not in my particular backyard doesn't make me feel like I'm suddenly contributing to some grand salvo of environmemtal greatness.
While big global corps at the top cash in.

Regulate it now & put price contols in place or nothing will change & a mass market will be unable to afford the soaring price of that EV battery.

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Electric automakers must brace for rising battery materials costs, Goldman says [View all] Klaralven Mar 2021 OP

Good grief. Aren't they 2500 dollars to replace already? jimfields33 Mar 2021 #1

I will drive my V-6 gasoline engine car until we both die of old age. Budi Mar 2021 #3

A shame. Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #9

Another shame is in Post #10. Pick your Poison. Budi Mar 2021 #11

Depends on the size of the battery pack Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #6

I think you have to be middle class at least to be able to afford an jimfields33 Mar 2021 #12

My first EV in 2014 was a used 2012 Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #13

Let me guess, written 3 weeks after Goldman bought majority shares in all supply chains. TheBlackAdder Mar 2021 #20

Lithium, Cobalt. Meet the New 'Fossil Fuel' Budi Mar 2021 #2

Global annual car production has fluctuated between 90 and 100 million vehicles / year Klaralven Mar 2021 #4

I agree. I did notice there is a large lithium/cobalt mine in Africa, Budi Mar 2021 #5

Lithium is primarily found is Australia, South America, China Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #8

Lithium is not that hard on the environment Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #7

Disagree. The environmental cost of Lithium mining is being downplayed Budi Mar 2021 #10

All unregulated mining will have negative consequences Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #14

Trading one environmentally toxic resource for another is not a solution either Budi Mar 2021 #15

No, we are trading one HIGHLY destructive Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #16

I would feel as guilty driving a gasoline engine car as an EV auto Budi Mar 2021 #17

Again, what do you offer as a replacement for EVs? Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #18

Are you kidding? The form found in batteries is a serious environmental toxin. Blue_true Mar 2021 #19

You do realize that Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #21

I was responding to your statement that the molecular compound that contains Blue_true Mar 2021 #22

Then I was unclear Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #23

Issues like what you were pointing out can be complex. Blue_true Mar 2021 #24

I wanted to be sure that my response came across Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #25

No "solution" is ever perfect, so we should not wait, get a ball rolling and deal Blue_true Mar 2021 #26

My view exactly Miguelito Loveless Mar 2021 #27

Keep pushing forward. That often is the only way to bring about needed change. nt Blue_true Mar 2021 #28