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<blockquote data-quote="webmogul" data-source="post: 1482113" data-attributes="member: 7408"><p>A couple things to consider here. One is that depending on the type of green vehicle, it may require lots of rare earth minerals which we don't have. So instead of being dependent on the middle east we become dependent on countries like China which has some of the largest rare earth minerals on earth.</p><p></p><p>then think about the machinery it takes to mine that material, ship is across the ocean, etc. </p><p></p><p>For electric vehicles with huge batteries, well we all know how long batteries last right? Even if their life was doubled, it will still be only 15-20 years before that car goes kaput, and nobody is going to fork over the cost of replacing a battery like that. So instead of one 30lb battery going in the dump, one weighing several hundred pounds goes into the dump. Tree huggers will have a field day with that one.</p><p></p><p>There is also, as previously mentioned, coal or nuclear waste that goes into making electricity for plug-in electric cars</p><p></p><p>personally I'm hoping that scientists will find really cheap ways of converting waste plant material and plants like switchgrass to ethanol. That way I can keep my internal combustion engine <img src="/images/smilies/new/clap3.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":clap3:" title="Clap3 :clap3:" data-shortname=":clap3:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="webmogul, post: 1482113, member: 7408"] A couple things to consider here. One is that depending on the type of green vehicle, it may require lots of rare earth minerals which we don't have. So instead of being dependent on the middle east we become dependent on countries like China which has some of the largest rare earth minerals on earth. then think about the machinery it takes to mine that material, ship is across the ocean, etc. For electric vehicles with huge batteries, well we all know how long batteries last right? Even if their life was doubled, it will still be only 15-20 years before that car goes kaput, and nobody is going to fork over the cost of replacing a battery like that. So instead of one 30lb battery going in the dump, one weighing several hundred pounds goes into the dump. Tree huggers will have a field day with that one. There is also, as previously mentioned, coal or nuclear waste that goes into making electricity for plug-in electric cars personally I'm hoping that scientists will find really cheap ways of converting waste plant material and plants like switchgrass to ethanol. That way I can keep my internal combustion engine :clap3: [/QUOTE]
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