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EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it (www.npr.org)
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Everyone knows that electric vehicles are supposed to be better for the planet than gas cars. That's the driving reason behind a global effort to transition toward batteries.

But what about the harms caused by mining for battery minerals? And coal-fired power plants for the electricity to charge the cars? And battery waste? Is it really true that EVs are better?

The answer is yes. But Americans are growing less convinced.

The net benefits of EVs have been frequently fact-checked, including by NPR. "No technology is perfect, but the electric vehicles are going to offer a significant benefit as compared to the internal combustion engine vehicles," Jessika Trancik, a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, told NPR this spring.

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 month ago (6 children)

There's a bunch of misinformation and people who don't care to research what they hear, or they research it in places that give them more misinformation.

My dad is a good example, where he believes EVs are just as, if not more, wasteful because of the precious minerals they require for their batteries. I don't know where he heard that, but that's what he believes now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Ask your dad if he knows why people steal catalytic converters from ICE vehicles.

For anyone not aware, it’s because they’re filled with Palladium — a precious rare earth metal. One where 40% of the world’s supply comes from Russia.

Palladium’s prevalence in the Earth’s crust is about 0.015 ppm. Lithium’s prevalence is 20 ppm — or around 1300 times more abundant than palladium. Which is why people steal catalytic converters in the first place.

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