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Leach fields in just one lithium mine:



As the accompanying article states:  "Although pretty from a distance, lithium mines are environmentally damaging and use a lot water and energy."


But hey, it's not coming out of a tailpipe on the EV, so it must be "environmentally friendly".

"F**king idiot" is a perfectly sober sobriquet for the sort that believes that nonsense.


You do know almost all the Ev co's are going to solid state batteries- Toyota, Nissan, Ford, BMW, Kia which uses no lithium. . Tesla is still  sticking with lithium for now. The largest Ev solid state battery plant in the world was just built in Massachusetts, another one is being built in KY by Ford, BMW and Kia who are going into together.
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Then there's the cobalt.  An EV typically needs 6 to 12 kg of the stuff - source:  https://www.carwow.co.uk/blog/what-is-cobalt-used-for-in-elecrtic-cars#gref

And here's how all that cobalt is mined:

Personally, I'd rather drive a car that was fueled with petroleum products derived from a mine with a much smaller environmental footprint than a lithium mine, and that wasn't built with the fruits of child slave labor - African child slave labor, at that.  But then, I'm not a liberal.

Not to mention that hydrogen tanks can be built from composites that cost pennies of what batteries cost.  And they don't require child labor from third world countries either, not to mention the environmental impact.  But liberals would rather spend your tax money on helping Chinese battery manufacturers make money instead of making electric cars viable by using hydrogen to store electricity instead.  Idiots.
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Every US industry is subsidized by the US govt including agriculture and big oil.

Which is wrong.
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But ok, tell the ceo of Stihl who said the people prefer electric and the industry is not going that way that he is wrong.

Would that be the new CEO?  Or is the the one they just let go?
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Then there's the cobalt.  An EV typically needs 6 to 12 kg of the stuff - source:  https://www.carwow.co.uk/blog/what-is-cobalt-used-for-in-elecrtic-cars#gref

And here's how all that cobalt is mined:




Personally, I'd rather drive a car that was fueled with petroleum products derived from a mine with a much smaller environmental footprint than a lithium mine, and that wasn't built with the fruits of child slave labor - African child slave labor, at that.  But then, I'm not a liberal.
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I'm not against electric things. I am against government shoving it down everyone's throats by force of law. I'm also against government subsidizing the wealthy with new electric toys while everyone else had to pay for it.



Every US industry is subsidized by the US govt including agriculture and big oil. We subsidize solar and electric because every other country in the world is subsidizing their own solar and EV industry. If we did not our own domestic solar and EV  companies would  be left behind . The reason why we gave $52 billion to the chip is industry to build new plants and R&D centers in the US .If we did it Intel said they would have gobe to another country.
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Leach fields in just one lithium mine:

And for what?  Lithium generates zero electricity.
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Coalmine jobs in W.Va under trump declined every year and have shot back up under biden.

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Leach fields in just one lithium mine:



As the accompanying article states:  "Although pretty from a distance, lithium mines are environmentally damaging and use a lot water and energy."

Source:  https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25333710-200-lithium-fields-beautiful-from-the-air-trouble-on-the-ground/

But hey, it's not coming out of a tailpipe on the EV, so it must be "environmentally friendly".

"F**king idiot" is a perfectly sober sobriquet for the sort that believes that nonsense.
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2 million acres are lost every year in the US to new home construction and for building industrial buildings.  15 acres is nothing and B&D  is selling back excess power and making $400k per year  These companies are doing this not for virtue signaling but it makes economic sense. The B&D plant was built on farmland itself. The plant that makes products there made them in China. Do you want the jobs or not?

If you feel so bad about farmland being used up, year down your home that was most likely farmland at one time and plant corn on your lot

15 acres to generate a paltry 4.3 MW is a lot, particularly when the heat island effect is taken into account.  It's a really environmentally unfriendly way to generate electricity.
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