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Originally posted by Sweetsound: ↑

Not to mention all the resources needed. Some seem to treat these like a new toy - an expensive fat weighty one at that - wonder how much the types of people buying these are worrying about how much environmental damage these things cause throughout from inception to the end of their life cycle. Some have more money than sense.

The following video near the end from around 14min gives some pretty good advice:

The following is for the environment conscious - the burning question of just how clean:

Excerpt:

'Extracting 1 ton of lithium creates about the same CO2 emissions as burning 15000lbs of coal.....

All this happens before you even buy your fancy car'Then the video tries to convince one that overall EV's are better for the environment... - even as the environment needs to be massively disturbed and disrupted to begin with. The EV's are indeed causing disruptions. LOL

Refer to comment re first video above re advice - better for the environment and for one's hip pocket - in keeping with less is more and less with upkeeping with the Joneses. AIMO

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Usual battery weight about 1/2 a ton, usual percentages of lithium , about 10 to 12% by weight.
So lets assume about the figures above are correct.

A ton of lithium will make about 20 evs?

750 pounds of coal?
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