Don’t get me wrong. I know the vehicle itself will have way lower emissions and than a regular gas or diesel vehicle, but what I’m confused on is that they will have to mine to get the raw materials to make these batteries and then once the battery is done it’s lifespan they will need to find a way to dispose or recycle these batteries. Imagine doing that capacity when the whole world has transitioned to EV.
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Two things: efficiency of the vehicle, and the limited supply of oil.
An internal combustion engine (ICE) car is massively inefficient; there is an entire system in the car that does nothing but help it get rid of waste heat fast enough to keep from melting itself. We have to make it less efficient just to cut down on the toxic gases it emits, and even so a running car engine is one of the most common too-hot things most of us ever deal with.
And we’re running out of oil. It isn’t imminent, but the day is coming when it will be many times more expensive than it is now just from scarcity. We have shown we can generate significant amounts of electricity other ways; let’s save our oil for other things we need and can’t replace as easily, and incidentally quit sending so much money to the Arab World and to Russia.
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