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Originally Posted by Aalfred
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.
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Such a reasonable statement.
The liberals will certainly call for your head on a plate.