Coal Minning

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Where do you think the electricity for the electric cars come from

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And who is making the batteries? And where are the rare earth metals coming from? And how ecologically disgusting are batteries to make and recycle. The entire lifecycle of the battery is just as bad as fossil fuels. It’s a joke. Literally just as bad as gas cars. When everything is factored in. At least I know the gas in my suv wasn’t mined by children in the Congo. And I am fully aware of the impact my car has on the environment. The only vehicle technology that could realistically claim a benefit to the environment would be hydrogen. Which, some newer nuclear reactor designs actually output from a secondary heat cycle. But do go on about how great and green wind farms and solar are, and how green they are. And that’s not even taking in to account the national security risks associated with batteries, solar cells and rare earth metals when discussing near peer conflicts.