Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of reverse logic

Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by zeckalpha on Sunday December 26, 2021 @12:07AM (#29689895)

Those items aren’t made with as much extractive materials proportionally as EV batteries. If using PHEVs means more miles travelled are electric while less lithium is mined, great.

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by Retric on Sunday December 26, 2021 @05:33AM (#29691242)

If you’re replacing the battery then you still need to extract those materials. Thus weight is only really meaningful in terms of vehicle efficiency not materials extraction. And of course having a plug in vehicle doesn’t mean it will be driven as a plug in vehicle where EV’s are limited to pure electricity.

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by zeckalpha on Monday December 27, 2021 @04:38PM (#29707068)

There’s more aluminum and steel available above ground than lithium.

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