How’s mining lithium and moving 6 tons around all day help with it?
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IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 11 months ago[deleted]
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 11 months ago
IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 11 months ago
How do you think it doesn’t? Can you explain point by point how your comparison works? Does haing 250M less ICEs in a country somehow increase greenhouse gasses?
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I mean, I’m a nut for EVs, but they are correct. EVs are likely better in the long run, but producing them still produces a ton of greenhouse gasses and other environmental concerns. The best is to encourage people to drive less, build better infrastructure so fewer people have to buy cars, and focus on reduction of reliance on driving as a whole.
Hell, even for me, my whole plan was to drive my EV into the ground, using it as long as possible to offset it’s upfront environmental costs, but my battery failed after 38k miles. I got a lemon :(. Thankfully, it’s covered under warranty and they built me a new battery, but now my car has the battery environmental cost of two EVs so it’ll likely never be as efficient as if I’d just bought a damn Honda Civic.
IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Ur right ICE factories make no greenhouse emissions at all and have 250M ICEs on the road makes lots less emissions than EVs. Having existing electrical plants produce power will just make more greenhouse gasses than all the ICE cars they have helped replace.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
They can both be bad, even if one is less bad, you know. I’m all for EV adoption. It’s better in the long run. However, less driving altogether would be more impactful.
Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I live here. I don’t care about the environment costs in another country if their government doesn’t step in to protect them. Whe used to mine super dirty in the US and its way safer now than it used to be. As the market grows, the demand grows, and hopefully, the countries most impacted by their own dirty practices will step up and help their citizens run cleaner operations with the added financial security. I’m not gonna act too concerned about it, though if the people actually impacted don’t care.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Tell that to the child slaves mining resources for first world consumers. Unfortunately, the citizens of less developed countries’ opinions don’t matter if their government is corrupt.
Sarmyth@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
I would, but they probably would still mine it anyway to survive. Human history is full of people risking their lives for survival. We make the trade willingly at every turn. Diplomats can play the shame game with their governments if they want, but I’m no diplomat.