Conspiracy theory: Electric cars make more air pollution than gas cars
Okay, so it is a clickbait title that “disproves” the claim.<p>The bigger issue, in my opinion, is what about all the energy needed to recharge the batteries? Last I checked, most of that still comes from fossil fuels.<p>In addition, what about the environmental impact of mining lithium and other minerals to produce the cars? This article goes into that a bit:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;therevelator.org&#x2F;ev-batteries-seabed-mining&#x2F;" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;therevelator.org&#x2F;ev-batteries-seabed-mining&#x2F;</a><p>I think there is a non-zero chance that when all is said and done, electric vehicles actually are worse for the environment than fuel powered vehicles.<p>There is also so much we don’t know. I feel like in one way or another, human efforts to “solve” climate change will ultimately be what leads to our extinction. Whether that is trying to send things into space to block out the sun, or mining oceans for rare metals to use to make batteries. Fun fact, the oceans actually suck up a <i>huge</i> amount of carbon dioxide. It would be pretty fitting if human mining efforts at the bottom of the ocean throw that balance entirely out of whack.<p>This is one of the problems with government mandates related to electric vehicles. All of the metrics they use to measure success are based on emissions while driving, but that is only one small part of the picture.