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Originally Posted by 3catcircus
This. No one wants to admit that all of today's "clean" electric cars use batteries whose production is extremely polluting and whose battery life is limited. One could possibly use batteries that allowed greater manual control of charging to extend battery life, but most consumers aren't going to measure cell voltages, take specific gravity measurements, perform an equalizing charge, etc. - and that is even assuming that such batteries had sufficient energy density to allow their use in passenger vehicles.
We might be better off pursuing LPG or CNG in passenger vehicles.
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I think EV are part of an overall strategy for lowering emissions. Certainly not the answer all to the issue. Natural gas is also part of the strategy IMO.
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