skybluetony176
Well-Known Member
Doesn’t matter where the vehicle is made, chances are the battery was made in China. There’s a reason it’s the top producing CO2 country and that’s because it’s the world’s factory, everything from lithium cells to semiconductors, we count that as china’s emissions not a production line in the west using those batteries and semiconductors etc in a final product. The west is essentially exporting its carbon footprint to China by importing components into the west. And the carbon footprint of lithium is eye watering. Gets mined in remote difficult to reach locations such as the high Andes or the middle of deserts, decimating eco systems that are billions of years old, it’s then processed locally typically by chemical extraction poisoning water courses decimating more eco systems, it’s then shipped half way around the world to China where it’s further processed and manufactured into cells/batteries before being shipped halfway around the world again to be put into electric cars etc in western factories. Anyone who thinks that they’re saving the planet by driving a battery powered EV is delusional. It’s good at cutting emissions at point of use but it’s carbon footprint is insane. And we haven’t even talked about end of life, it’s as difficult to recycle as it is process in the first place. Tons of it is going straight to landfill where it’s poisoning water courses etc. etc.
I’ll keep my petrol vehicles until hydrogen is more readily available thanks. That and use public transport.