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“Batteries don’t produce electricity – they store electricity that is produced elsewhere, especially through coal, uranium, natural gas power plants or diesel generators.” “So the claim that an electric car is a zero-emission vehicle is not correct at all.”
Since forty percent of the electricity generated in the United States comes from coal power plants, forty percent of the electric cars on the road are carbon-based.
But that’s not all. Those who are happy about electric cars and a green revolution should take a closer look at the batteries, but also wind turbines and solar modules.
A typical electric car battery weighs a thousand pounds, roughly the size of a suitcase. It contains 25 pounds of lithium, sixty pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel and plastic. There are over 6,000 individual lithium-ion cells inside.
To make each BEV battery, you need to process 25,000 pounds of salt for lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for cobalt, 5,000 pounds of resin for nickel, and 25,000 pounds of copper ore. A total of 500,000 pounds of earth crust must be excavated for a battery. “
The biggest problem with solar systems is the chemicals used to turn silicate into the silicone used for the panels. In order to produce sufficiently pure silicone it has to be treated with hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, fluoride, trichlortane and acetone.
In addition, gallium, arsenide, copper indium-gallium diselenide and cadmium telluride are needed, which are also very toxic. Silicon dust poses a hazard to workers and the plates cannot be recycled.
Wind turbines are not plus in terms of cost and environmental destruction. Each windmill weighs 1,688 tons (equivalent to the weight of 23 houses) and contains 1300 tons of concrete, 295 tons of steel, 48 tons of iron, 24 tons of fiberglass and the hard-to-get rare earth Neodymium, Praseodymium and Dysprosium. Each of the three blades weigh 81,000 pounds and have a lifespan of 15 to 20 years, after which they will need replacement. We cannot recycle the rotor blades.
These technologies can certainly have their place, but you have to look beyond the myth of emission-free.
“Going Green” may sound like a utopian ideal, but if you look at the hidden and embedded costs realistically and unbiased, you’ll find that “Going Green” is doing more harm to the Earth than it seems. Has.
I’m not against mining, electric vehicles, wind or solar energy. But I’m showing the reality of the situation.
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