The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late

Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by jfklsdfjsdf on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:21AM (#28905686)

I thought drastic measures were needed to slash CO2 emissions, to stave off the Climate Catastrophe? Most analysis puts the lifecycle CO2 savings of an EV over an ICE at somewhere near 50%. Hardly seems worth it, with all of the extra pollution created by new mining and disposal cycles.

Seems it would be much better advice to walk or cycle more, instead of lining the pockets of big mining (which is working well for me - my wife's company is making money faster than they can count it. She likes to tell people she works in "Renewables".).

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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by mensetmanusman on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:19AM (#28906314)

Your model might be comparing an EV versus nothing situation. Since it is going to be EV vs. ICE, the ‘extra pollution’ will be created unless people stop driving, so EV still wins in that case.

It would be better if we had the funds to rebuild our cities to make them not dependent on vehicles, but our hands our tied.

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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by imtringued on Monday October 18, 2021 @03:29PM (#28910384)

>It would be better if we had the funds to rebuild our cities to make them not dependent on vehicles, but our hands our tied.

And transportation technology is partly intended to reduce the power that specific plots of land hold.

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