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DeezerShoove » 20 Jun 2022, 10:42 am » wrote: ↑

20 Jun 2022, 10:42 am

Complaints can be leveled at electrics for merely existing.
Cold weather.
Range.
Recharge issues.
Tax break pricing.
Recyclability.

This article isn't new info. Enjoy.

Is driving an electric car immoral? Here's what they DON'T tell you
June 19, 2022 WND
Driving an EV has been heralded as a moral virtue and, of late, the solution to record-high gas prices. There's certainly a benefit from curbing air pollution, but the question is, at what cost?
In a column highlighted by Powerline blogger John Hinderaker, engineer and energy expert Ronald Stein examines the source of the power and the materials in batteries. He concludes ethical questions are raised by the conditions under which the materials are mined.
Stein argues in "Is it ethical to purchase a lithium battery powered EV?" that entire mountains are eliminated by just one lithium mine.

"Each mine consists of 35-40 797 Caterpillar haul trucks along with hundreds of other large equipment," he writes. "Each 797 uses around half a million gallons of diesel a year. An inventory of just thirty-five trucks alone is using 17.5 million gallons of fuel a year for just one lithium site."

 An EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds, contains 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel and plastic. Inside are 6,000 lithium-ion cells."

"All those toxic components come from mining," he writes. "To manufacture each EV auto battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for the lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for the cobalt, 5,000 pounds of ore for the nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper.
All told, you dig up 500,000 pounds of the earth’s crust for just one battery."

 Stein authored "Clean Energy Exploitations: Helping Citizens Understand." 


 

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Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑7 minutes ago
Very simple questions...

From which you are running...