I know that gas vehicles produce gasses that pollute the atmosphere and electric vehicles don’t emit anything which is good. But even in the perfect scenario where you’re going from solar, to battery, to car the components are still made of parts that can’t be recycled. The batteries have acids that need to be disposed of somehow. At a large scale wouldn’t all this excess chemical waste be just as much a pollutant than gas vehicle emissions?
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The gas car is also made of non-recyclable materials and toxic chemicals. So it isn’t as different as you’re estimating
Studies show that electric cars are a bit worse than gas for the environment at first (exactly for the reasons you list). But it doesn’t take much time driving around for them to make up that deficit and pull ahead.
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