Right, the numbers in that item sound like BS to me too. According to a recent
survey I saw quoted, 52% of car owners surveyed in many countries across the
world this year say they intend for their next car to be battery electric.
That continues a trend for increasing numbers of car buyers intending to buy
battery electric.
Tesla is introducing and researching battery chemistry with a view to using
more available materials. They ae also investing in mines and processing
facilities. BYD and other Chinese companies are gearing up electric car
production. Like it or not there will be rapid growth in the number of
electric cars on the road. Over 1,500,000 new EV's will be sold this year.
They will get charged from renewable sources, mostly wind and solar, with
batteries to match supply and demand.
The amount of fossil fuel used for transportation will decline, giving us a
chance to survive the climate change it is causing.
Ed Chessor
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While I buy that the tesla or any other EV is NOT as green as what many are
suggesting and that there are many many many reasons why it is completely
impractical to envision a world where all vehicles are electric, fact checking
of this bogus propaganda would fail. Caterpillar's specs say a CAT 994 H burns
65 although some say 85 gallons per hour - 1800 gallons an hour is NOT true.
Depending on which of the Tesla batteries you have in your vehicle, it could
have up to 63 kg of lithium, 54 kg of graphite and also amounts of nickel
and/or cobalt. I highly suspect that there is no way that 500,000 pounds of
earth (250 tons) needs to be processed to extract this amount of mineral but I
have not checked producing mines around the world.
When an argument makes sense without exaggeration, such hyperbole diminishes
the credibility of the argument.
My opinion anyhow...
jim
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Interesting. Wonder who chooses to ignore this part of the equation?
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