The blame shouldn’t be placed at Tesla owners and their desire to do <b>something</b> positive, it should be placed at the owners of the company and the mines for operating in counties (mostly developing) with corrupt governments who are desperate for either their county to become “developed” or just cash in their back pockets. <br><br>I’m shocked about Canada. This story was broken a decade ago when Toyota Prius’ were investigated for their long term impact on the environment vs a fossil burning fuel powered car. <br><br>People want to do something and this is pretty much all they can. They are powerless otherwise and that’s not their fault.<br><br>Sure, we could all start riding bicycles or sailing to work, but the reality is, the world has been built on a backbone of roads and the motor vehicle for the past 100 years. We can’t change the game now.