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Originally Posted by FTS
There are issues with EV production, battery production and recycling, etc. without a doubt. It may not turn out to be the ultimate answer in the long run. However, considering all of the far more serious issues the oil and gas industry has caused on us, e.g. Exxon Valdez, BP's Deepwater Horizon, natural lands destroyed through oil leaking out of pipelines in the US, etc. The oil refineries emitting toxic gases to supply us the petroleum for our pleasures are far more dangerous.
I love my ICE cars, I have two V8s gas guzzlers and won't sell them, I raced for over two decades and loved every minute of it. And admittedly I crave an ///M for sure. But I have become a huge fan of my EV too. Does everything an ///M will do and better in many ways. All I am asking from myself and others, just don't ignore the warnings, take them seriously. And if you still want a 15 mpg, 3-sec performance car, go buy it. It is certainly your decision, as long as you give the due consideration to the alternatives.
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I agree with you that the oil and gas industry would be fighting tooth and nail to keep things the same and the pollution component is there but we need to be cautious trying to jump into the EV band wagon before fully realizing the consequences of it. The EV networks are not close to supporting this transition. Natural gas which was promoted heavily as clean energy and powered most of Europe, with nuclear energy being sidelined, has turned out to be a big political mess and funding Russias war. That leaves us with coal power as the major player and wind and solar as the next best. Europe is talking aboutp restarting its nuclear reactors while the US is thinking of shutting down its. We still need to drill oil wells to get natural gas. The people are moving towards clean energy but the stuff with lithium mines and the ethical aspects of it, the environmental destruction in mining for lithium and the toxic waste are already been overlooked. Now imagine this is happening with 10-15% EV usage. If the masses move towards 60-70% uptake, these issues would also multiply and the benefits of going green with EV might be offset with the environmental impact. So till we are able to identify a truly sustainable tech that more environmentally safe, we should not accelerate the change artificially so as to not make things worse.