On 19/03/2021 20:34, Mayayana wrote:
> "Deloptes"  wrote
>
> | True true - Tesla becomes green after >200000km if all goes well and you
> do
> | not replace the battery after 5y. Until then the best is diesel fuel - the
> | one they want to ban, because it's engine is most efficient and green.
> | I was shocked - there were studies - big studies - "they" refused to make
> | public. Crazy!
> |
>
> I came across this report at one point:
>
> https://theicct.org/publications/EV-battery-manufacturing-emissions
>
>     Not as shocking as you're indicating, but certainly
> questioning the "greenness" of electric. Both the battery
> manufacture and the source of electricity are factors.
>
>
Nuclear power would fix the electricity generating issue. At a far lower
cost than 'green' energy.

But yes, battery manufacture is a problem of pollution.

I visited a lead smelting plant once - they also were France's major
recycler of car batteries - "Dont park your car there" "Why not" "that's
sulphuric acid dripping off that structure"

Very green.


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