monissa t1_j8jt06t wrote on February 14, 2023 at 8:50 PM

Reply to comment by redgumdrop in EU Parliament votes to effectively ban new combustion engine cars by 2035 by saltyswedishmeatball

isn't the method of manufacturing electric vehicles and their associated components like batteries considered very environmentally hazardous? or is that a lesser problem by comparison?

Yosyp t1_j8juoah wrote on February 14, 2023 at 9:00 PM

it is but to a geographical extent that it's far less dangerous than the lifetime operarional cost that an ICE. overall an EV pollutes far less than a combustion engine.

[deleted] t1_j8lo2wi wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:28 AM

operational*

[deleted] t1_j8loann wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:30 AM

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PerpetuallyOffline t1_j8lbn1h wrote on February 15, 2023 at 3:31 AM

Yes. Lithium is also a finite resource that we probably aren't doing a fantastic job of managing.

DanYHKim t1_j8mzaxp wrote on February 15, 2023 at 2:36 PM

In contrast to the infinite and well managed petroleum resource?

PerpetuallyOffline t1_j8ntqz2 wrote on February 15, 2023 at 5:59 PM

Not in the slightest. We humans are very bad at managing our resources or our planet.

Mining for Lithium and discarding used batteries is not environmentally friendly even while it is a better option than continuing to burn fossil fuels with abandon.