Thanks for writing a naysaying article, as if we need more of these.

Arindam Basu

·Dec 29, 2020

Thanks for writing a naysaying article, as if we need more of these. Fossil fuel is not the only source of electricity. You can also source your electricity from solar and charge the car using solar power. I do it all the time, and therefore coal fired electricity is not an issue for me (besides, NZ, where I live, we have electricity from natural sources.

Yet, electric vehicles are not without fault, and we’re not talking about their range here. For one, they have to be recharged, and that electricity has to come from somewhere. If you’re in Germany, the US, Australia, or one of the many countries that still use coal as a major source of electricity, you might be looking at coal-powered cars. Then, there’s the issue of sourcing the materials for building the batteries. It’s hard to estimate the exact need for future resources, but EVs could easily consume most, if n…

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