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Originally Posted by The Real BigGuy
When we talk about how environmentally friendly electric vehicles are we told to forget the massive amount of energy that goes into mining and refining the raw materials that go into, and the pollution created by producing the batteries. I read a report a while ago (sorry, can’t find it now and have no way to vet it) that stated that when you look at the overall picture there really isn’t that great a difference between EVs and ICE vehicles.
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Most reports put EVs making up for the extra mining they require (by today's standards) at around 15k to 25k miles after that factoring in mining and all resources it takes to power them, they are better than gas.
Even if everything else were equal. For example they litterly were burning gas, they are 90% efficient vs 20 for gas.