While poorly educated environmentalists and politicians continue to ride the GW alarmism bus to the waste dump Americans are waking up to the dirty secrets they are hiding to promote their disastrous GW policies. Electric vehicles are increasing the level of pollutants in the environment and increasing hazards to human health.
Electric vehicles are extremely expensive, even with generous government subsidies to keep the costs of new vehicles down. A typical charge time for a typical EV is around 5 hours for every 300 miles driven. The typical lifespan of an EV battery is less than 10 years or 100,000 miles. Replacing the battery in an EV is extremely expensive and disposing of used EV batteries is a huge and growing environmental concern, proving that politicians pushing for all-electric vehicles are promoting bad environmental and economical solutions to a supposed GW threat that is insufficiently supported by proper interpretations of data.
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But electric cars have their own dirty little secret: Every electric vehicle, and most hybrid vehicles, rely on large lithium-ion batteries weighing hundreds of pounds. One of the largest, the battery for the Mercedes-Benz EQC, comes in at 1,400 pounds. Typically made with cobalt, nickel, and manganese, among other components, these batteries cost thousands of dollars and come with an environmental burden: They require ingredients sourced from polluting mines and smelters around the world, and they can ultimately contaminate soil and water supplies if improperly disposed. ...
The result, if nothing is done to tip the scales, could be a massive health and environmental crisis. ...
Without these incentives, lithium-ion batteries will be dumped, incinerated, or exported to countries with weaker standards, where they will contaminate the environment and threaten public health. Nickel has been shown to cause lung and nasal cancers, reduce lung function, and cause bronchitis. Cobalt can cause serious health conditions such as asthma and pneumonia, and it is a possible carcinogen. Exposure to manganese can result in respiratory problems, loss of coordination, and other neurological problems.
Electric vehicles are extremely expensive, even with generous government subsidies to keep the costs of new vehicles down. A typical charge time for a typical EV is around 5 hours for every 300 miles driven. The typical lifespan of an EV battery is less than 10 years or 100,000 miles. Replacing the battery in an EV is extremely expensive and disposing of used EV batteries is a huge and growing environmental concern, proving that politicians pushing for all-electric vehicles are promoting bad environmental and economical solutions to a supposed GW threat that is insufficiently supported by proper interpretations of data.
Electric cars have a dirty little recycling problem — batteries
Financial incentives to recycle spent electric vehicle batteries are eroding. That could spell environmental disaster, writes Perry Gottesfeld.
But electric cars have their own dirty little secret: Every electric vehicle, and most hybrid vehicles, rely on large lithium-ion batteries weighing hundreds of pounds. One of the largest, the battery for the Mercedes-Benz EQC, comes in at 1,400 pounds. Typically made with cobalt, nickel, and manganese, among other components, these batteries cost thousands of dollars and come with an environmental burden: They require ingredients sourced from polluting mines and smelters around the world, and they can ultimately contaminate soil and water supplies if improperly disposed. ...
The result, if nothing is done to tip the scales, could be a massive health and environmental crisis. ...
Without these incentives, lithium-ion batteries will be dumped, incinerated, or exported to countries with weaker standards, where they will contaminate the environment and threaten public health. Nickel has been shown to cause lung and nasal cancers, reduce lung function, and cause bronchitis. Cobalt can cause serious health conditions such as asthma and pneumonia, and it is a possible carcinogen. Exposure to manganese can result in respiratory problems, loss of coordination, and other neurological problems.