I have honestly never heard a tesla owner say they are saving the world.<br>Most of them just think its a cool car.<br><br>There is 1 thing about electric cars that make them a lot more "green" than fossil fuel cars. Recycling, all these heavy metals (and i agree that the way they get them is wrong, but i blame capitalistic greed here) you can recycle. So the lithium needed for a battery can potentially be used for hundreds of years in different batteries. Fossil fuel is consumed on use.<br>Sure the amount we need is high atm because we need a lot new batteries now. This will drop far lower when everyone has an electric car. Waaaay less destructive than fossil fuels that keep consuming ever and forever.<br><br>Is tesla hypocritical? Yes<br>Are electric cars just as destructive to the environment as fossil fuel cars? HELLL NOOO