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Re:Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric ve... by syntaxing on Thursday January 05, 2023 @11:28AM (#34262226)
An average sedan from production to driving within its life time produces 38 metric tons of CO2 emissions compared to 16 metric tons as quoted by your article for the battery. I still fail to see how an EV is by any means dirtier than a gas car.
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Re:Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric ve... by BlueTemplar on Thursday January 05, 2023 @01:11PM (#34263964)
Copper mining is very dirty (not necesseraly C02-wise), and an EV needs 4 times more of it (IIRC) than an equivalent ICV.
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