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Electric Cars Are Pushing the Age of Oil to Extinction in China (www.bloomberg.com)
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[–] -1 points 2 years ago (1 child)

What about the billions of cells that must be produced and replaced as the scale grown unto millions and millions of cars? And all the mining of rare earth elements it requires?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    It turns out that the lithium is very recyclable. The process of disassembly is what's tricky, but one of Tesla's pre-musk founders is working specifically on this problem.

    We can already do it. Mining is (for now) cheaper. Something legislation, applied carefully, can resolve.

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