Look at all those emissions! Good for the environment. I can't wait for these to be mandated so mine can burn like this.
Gul - There are a bunch of lakes and aquafers in Ontario that are ruined and heavily contaminated from battery plants and solar cell manufacturing, in the US, they do it in remote areas. It makes far more pollution to make the components than the usage of 1 gas vehicle in a decade.
France has a huge problem with electric car "Waste" or old electric cars that are junked which now constitutes 7% of vehicles sold, and by the way they drive they will be wrecked in under 5 years.
Even the most left wing, communist, Anti American news outlet has pointed out the upcoming environmental disaster coming.
Carmakers, recyclers and tech startups are working to solve the question of how to deal with lithium-ion batteries when they wear out
www.theguardian.com
The quest to prevent batteries – rich in raw materials such as cobalt, lithium and nickel – ending up as a mountain of waste
www.theguardian.com
On a side note, I live in hotels most of the year due to business, and for about 2 years, I see the same guy spending about an hour a day at a charging station, so I asked what is the mileage range of the car. He said about 50 in town, 100 on highway. Tesla claims 250 miles. The charging station is supposed to take about 15 minutes, but in reality, it takes about 45 minutes to an hour for a quick charge. To do a full dwell charge (like a car battery) takes about 12 - 16 hours or more (not the 10 claimed). He would sell it, but would lose too much in depreciation.
Also, the electric doesn't magically appear, it has to be generated. So without thorium fusion (which uranium was favored, as the source can become weaponized in the 1940s - Thorium doesn't produce waste, is highly abundant, and core reaction cannot go critical), there isn't a clean energy option. So we have to use fossil fuels.
Wind turbines are decimating migratory bird populations and all vanes have stress cracks, do not pay more than 30% return and use tons of resources to make and maintain. an interesting article:
https://www.masterresource.org/droz-john-awed/21-bad-things-wind-power-3-reasons-why/
Since I travel a lot, I see a lot of wrecks as well, in an electric car, I see acid vapor injuries and fires aside from impact trauma. Gas is far safer.
My father got a PRIUS and wanted me to go somewhere with him in it, I refused, not due to being a hybrid, but for the acronym that the name stands for - P.enis R.emoval I.s U.sually S.tandard. For some unknown reason he sold it shortly after.
Plus hybrids and electric cars produce SMUG. As covered in
Smug Alert!
South Park: Season 10, Episode 2