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Re:Email a Dumpster Fire by Alupis on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:40PM (#25202784)
Really? Even though the lithium for Tesla batteries is incredibly damaging to the environment to mine?

Are we all buying into 21st Century Snake Oil here?

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Re:Email a Dumpster Fire by bpodgursky on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:49PM (#25202863)
It's really not, compared to uh, oil.

And battery recycling technology is always improving. By the time the current Model 3s are retired, the vast majority of Lithium batteries will be recycled into new cars:

> By 2025, it is estimated that about three-quarters of spent electric batteries will be reused and then recycled to harvest raw materials.

https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/the-aft...

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Re:Email a Dumpster Fire by ianlevesque on Tuesday November 24, 2020 @03:50PM (#25202872)
There are actual standards for the credits so that people don’t buy snake oil.
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