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Electric Cars Are Pushing the Age of Oil to Extinction in China (www.bloomberg.com)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Where are the batteries coming from?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe it's crazy idea but... China?

[+] [email protected] -13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

No need to be a smartass, I'm genuinely curious if they are importing batteries from somewhere else

And if China, where are the mines so I can check out the environmental destruction on satellite imagery

[–] [email protected] 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I mean it's pretty common knowledge that China is the biggest rare earth metals producer in the world. It's also well known that the batteries they produces are pretty bad for environment. And it's also known that Chinese EVs are still better for climate change than oil. It's all been covered many many times. Are you following any news?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

The batteries are also recyclable, which should make the equation even simpler.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’m genuinely curious

No you're not. Nobody says that unless they're trolling.