The Contradictions of Battery Operated Vehicles | Graham Conway | TEDxSanAntonio

> Every claim you make is false Every claim I made is not false. For example I said "electricity is MOST LIKELY not carbon free". If that were false, then are you suggesting that most electricity is carbon free? Are we only talking about vehicles operating in Costa Rica or something? I think it is easy to verify that your statement is incorrect. The comment I was responding to was one sided and without sourced information. I provided an argument for the other side without sourced information as well. I'm not sure that anything I said is wildly false , and I thought it would provide balance. If you're curious, have a look at this TedX [talk]. I just happened across it yesterday so those arguments were top of mind. It's another example of a whole bunch of "facts" being presented with no source so I don't give it much weight but it's a good presentation. [talk]: [VIDEO]

At present the turbines are not recyclable. [LINK] EVs are probably really worse than hybrids. [VIDEO] Solar panels are pretty toxic. Present recycling produces all sorts of toxic waste that might be poorly handled. [LINK] Batteries are often sourced from slave labor. [LINK] Lithium miners often continue exploration of indigenous peoples. [LINK] Lithium mining often poisons the environment. [LINK] The list goes on.

I am convinced EV will be the future, but given how electricity is produced and how batteries are built the most sustainable technology is hybrid [VIDEO]