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Originally Posted By: Nebroch
Current rather high battery prices tell, that a lot of resources and energy have been used to build them (=emissions created in the process). Lithium and cobalt must be mined etc. That's another place where emissions are displaced from ICEs tailpipe.
Somehow oil is on the face of the earth, you just scoop it up and magically it becomes gasoline for you to fill your tank.
Did you ever read a comparison of energy used and carbon emission between BEV and ICE from manufacture to end of life ?
Do you know Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska ? Do you know BP accident in Gulf of Mexico ? Do you know dozens accidents involved crude oil transportation by rail every year around the world ? Do you know oil pipeline ruptured around the world every year ?
When you talk about environmental cost of manufacture battery for BEV you should compare it with how gasoline is produced.
Current rather high battery prices tell, that a lot of resources and energy have been used to build them (=emissions created in the process). Lithium and cobalt must be mined etc. That's another place where emissions are displaced from ICEs tailpipe.
Somehow oil is on the face of the earth, you just scoop it up and magically it becomes gasoline for you to fill your tank.
Did you ever read a comparison of energy used and carbon emission between BEV and ICE from manufacture to end of life ?
Do you know Exxon Valdez accident in Alaska ? Do you know BP accident in Gulf of Mexico ? Do you know dozens accidents involved crude oil transportation by rail every year around the world ? Do you know oil pipeline ruptured around the world every year ?
When you talk about environmental cost of manufacture battery for BEV you should compare it with how gasoline is produced.