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2019-05-15, 00:25

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Originally Posted by Dr. Bobsky View Post
Wasn't there a report here that given Germany's grid runs on coal and the ecological cost of making the batteries, etc., electric cars are often worse for the environment than their gas powered equivalents. Granted some of this was using a conservative estimation for the lifetime of the batteries and didn't incorporate the strong potential for being able to recycle the lithium in the batteries...
40% of germany’s Power comes from renewable energy.

The whole environmental impact thing is a very complicated thing to evaluate. I don’t really know what study to trust. On the flip side. What is the environmental cost of getting a gallon of oil out of the ground in the Middle East and transporting it to North America and into the gas tank of a combustion engine car?


But lithium batteries.... I don’t think we fully understand and appreciate the impact of those as well. All I know is not having toxic exhaust and not going to a grungy gas station and pouring 20+ gallons of oil into my car every couple of days sure “feels” better.
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