My only particular grievance with EV’s is purely the hypocrisy surrounding their so called green credentials, along that is with the politically motivated idea that net zero is in some way even vaguely achievable.
On a personal level I couldn’t give a monkey’s wether you take that picture seriously or not. I do.
I don't disagree, EVs (and any other form of heavy metal-based personal mobility contraption) can't possibly be green, once you consider the full life cycle. EVs may be green-er than ICE cars over their lifetime, but even so, it is still a choice between two (environmental) evils.
As for the frequently-mentioned cobalt-mining children... more often then not, this point is made disingenuously, while ignoring the far greater harm than wars over oil bring with them.
For example, during the 8 years of the Iraq-Iran war, which was fault over oil fields, and saw over a million(!) people killed, the Iranians were reportedly using children as human mine detectors to clear anti-personal minefields, because they are lighter and (in most cases...) won't activate the mines.
This is of course an extreme example, but then we have the massive amounts of money regularly paid to gulf countries for their oil, money that props-up regimes that regularly feature at the top of the list of any human rights organisation as human rights abusers.
Something to consider when next filling up with petrol or Diesel and being smug about not exploiting children working in cobalt mines in the DRC.
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