Bigger EV batteries = more pollution!!

[skookerasbil]

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Study shows...yuk...yuk...and this from a green organization btw.....

Bigger batteries in EVs could lead to colossal boost in particulate emissions—from tires, study suggests

 

[jwoodie]

I am more concerned about battery disposal than tire wear.

 

[skookerasbil]

The AGW contingent hated these threads!

 

[Stryder50]

On a related note ...

One Overlooked Detail in Government's Electric Vehicle Scheme Could Have Seismic Effect on Our Environment​

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Those wonderful electric cars we’re supposed to be driving have an environmental downside besides the dirty batteries.

It seems human behavior has gotten in the way of technology. Electric car advocates are pointing out a problem apparently nobody thought of: Tax breaks to buy electric cars will increase emissions.

You read that right.
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“It’s important to understand that federal EV subsidies as they exist today reward the purchase of electric cars, not the use of electric cars,” Dr. Ashley Nunes, lead author of the study, told Streets Blog.

“That’s not a good use of government capital,” according to Nunes, a research fellow at Harvard.

Building an electric vehicle produces some 70 percent more emissions than making a gasoline-powered car, Streets Blog reported. The bulk of the emissions comes from battery manufacturing.

To achieve enough mileage to amortize their environmental costs, households need to keep electric cars for five to 13 years, according to Nunes. Many don’t but scrap the vehicles, meaning their development ultimately harmed the environment.
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Overlooked Detail in Government's Electric Vehicle Scheme Could Have Seismic Effect on Our Environment

From the environmental costs of batteries and power generation to a misguided tax incentive, electric cars may not be the answer.

www.westernjournal.com