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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The electricity is produced by fossil fuel. Also the batteries are generally full of lithium which is very messy to mine. They must be replaced at some point with more batteries

The bigger issue is the electric grid in your home and your town can’t handle even 5 percent of cars going electric.

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