Electric cars are going to ruin our environment much faster and worse than natural gas and fossil fuels ever could. Not to mention the child slaves used to mine the materials for the batteries as well as the people that are being harmed/displaced.
The DRC Mining Industry: Child Labor and Formalization of Small-Scale Mining
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The Environmental Impact of Lithium Batteries
During the Obama-Biden administration, hydraulic fracturing was accused of causing a number of environmental problems—faucets on fire, contamination of drinking…
www.instituteforenergyresearch.org
Lithium Mining Is Leaving Chile’s Indigenous Communities High and Dry (Literally)
As the metal fuels the clean tech boom, companies race to mine the Atacama Region. At stake: fragile ecosystems, scarce water resources, and ancient ways of life.
www.nrdc.org
Batteries, Renewable Energy and EV’s - The Ultimate in Environmental Destruction
What is a battery? Tesla said it best when he called them ‘Energy Storage Systems’. They do not make electricity inside . . . they store electricity produced somewhere else. Primarily by coal, uranium, natural gas, bio-fuel or diesel-fueled Electric
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