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Government Forcing Gas Prices Up So We Go Green?
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<blockquote data-quote="doctorjj" data-source="post: 1482216" data-attributes="member: 7292"><p>A lot of misconceptions here. The reason why we don't produce "rare earths" such as neodymium isn't because China is the only place it's found, it's because of our ridiculously stringent environmental rules regarding the mining industry. Second, if a battery in a car lasts 7 years, at 15,000 miles a year, well, that's over 100,000 miles. A lot of cars are worn out about then anyway and if you saved all the money for gas, oil and otter maintenance, a battery would seem cheap. Also, why wouldn't the economies of scale apply to large format battery production? And finally, why would you throw away a battery filled with valuable materials when it can be recycled?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorjj, post: 1482216, member: 7292"] A lot of misconceptions here. The reason why we don't produce "rare earths" such as neodymium isn't because China is the only place it's found, it's because of our ridiculously stringent environmental rules regarding the mining industry. Second, if a battery in a car lasts 7 years, at 15,000 miles a year, well, that's over 100,000 miles. A lot of cars are worn out about then anyway and if you saved all the money for gas, oil and otter maintenance, a battery would seem cheap. Also, why wouldn't the economies of scale apply to large format battery production? And finally, why would you throw away a battery filled with valuable materials when it can be recycled? [/QUOTE]
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