Electric vehicles are promoted as the solution for combating “climate
change.” Governments are currently incentivizing the production of
electric vehicles, while punishing the fossil fuel industry. However,
lithium mining for electric vehicles is incredibly destructive to the
environment, and is about as far from “green” as one could imagine. Not
to mention, most of the lithium ion batteries produced today come from China
and require water-intensive mining operations that ravage natural
environments throughout Australia, Argentina and Chile. The process
depletes ground water, and leaves behind toxic wastewater that
contaminates fields and harms wildlife. The mining process is not carbon
dioxide free, either. The mining process releases 15,000 kilograms of
carbon dioxide emissions for every ton of lithium that is extracted....
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