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White House threatens to veto anti-EV bill just passed by US House (arstechnica.com)

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Question: the electricity to power EV's still comes from fossil fuels for the most part. At least in the US. Is the net effect of getting rid of internal combustion engines significantly better for the environment, considering also the procuring of materials to make batteries and the waste batteries produce at the end of their life cycle?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Its actually more environmental friendly to use a diesel generator to load an EV, than using internal combustion engines. Their are just really inefficient.

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