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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by sharikous on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:34AM (#28905280)
Do you know some sources for the net footprint of electrical cars? Including the lithium problem and the power source.

I'd really like to run some formula in Python and see the footprint of petrol vs electric cars in terms of CO2, lithium, obsolescence time, other gases, maintenance etc.. (possibly with some parameters such as the composition of the power sources of the grid in your place).

Until I see that I feel I am being scammed by everyone since I don't have a good grasp on the data.

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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by RobinL on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:46AM (#28905381)
See my post above - I built a calculator, here: https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/

The main source is a 2020 EU report. The hyperlink has changed since I published the above, but you can find it here: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1f4...

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