Do electric cars really have a smaller carbon footprint?

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Will there not be just as much of a carbon footprint from mining materials to make batteries for all the new electric cars?

And all the precious metals that go into making electronics to make that car operate?

Plus the power generation associated with charging everyone’s vehicle.

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No, but it shifts world power away from legacy oil companies and, concurrently, away from dependence on US petrodollars. And, it gives people an expensive way to feel good about themselves. Ignorance of how much coal and natural gas is burned to create electricity is bliss.

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