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Deconstructing Electric Vehicles on the eve of Glasgow COP26

Deutsch, Judith
http://www.counterpunch.org/2021/10/22/deconstructing-electric-vehicles-on-the-eve-of-glasgow-cop26/

Publisher:  CounterPunch
Date Written:  22/10/2021
Year Published:  2021  
Resource Type:  Article

Since the 1988 Congressional definitive testimony of James Hansen and other climate scientists, there is no discourse about "Stop": elimination of fossil fuel emissions quickly morphed into adaptation and mitigation which is now replaced by "transition". EVs is a representative example of focusing on one small part, conveniently deleting the whole.

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The carbon footprint of EVs includes the emissions of mining for metals in batteries and emissions for constructing the car's body. "The International Energy Agency predicts that in the coming decades, hundreds of millions of [electric] vehicles will hit the roads, carrying massive batteries inside them. And each of those batteries will contain tens of kilograms of materials that have yet to be mined. Electrifying vehicles adds yet more weight. Combustible, energy-dense petroleum is replaced by bulky batteries. And the rest of the vehicle must get heavier to provide the necessary structural support." Steel and cement are the two most fossil-fuel dependent products to manufacture.
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