Electricity for the Future

Atlanta GA

Description

The concept of electric cars is great. No emissions are the best part. What they are not telling you is that the batteries are not recyclable, and no one accepts the batteries for disposal. Thousands of these cars that were used by the French government as police cars and other bureaucratic transportation. Now the cars are worn out and the batteries are more expensive than the car is worth, so they are all lined up sitting around leaking toxic substances into the ground as the batteries slowly deteriorate. Much like the blades from the wind generators. Well-intentioned but still detrimental to the environment "This machine is required to move 500 tons of earth/ ore which will be refined into one lithium car battery. It burns 900-1000 gallons of fuel in a 12-hour shift. Lithium is refined from ore using sulfuric acid. The proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass is estimated to require up to 75 semi loads of sulfuric acid a day! The acid does not turn into unicorn food like AOC believes. A battery in an electric car, let's say an average Tesla, is made of 25 pounds of lithium, 60 pounds of nickel, 44 pounds of manganese, 30 pounds of cobalt, 200 pounds of copper, and 400 pounds of aluminum, steel, and plastic, etc....... averaging 750-1,000 pounds of minerals, that had to be mined and processed into a battery that merely stores electricity...... Electricity which is generated by oil, gas, coal, nuclear, or water (and a tiny fraction of wind and solar).... That is the truth, about the lie, of "green" energy. There’s nothing green about the green new deal. You people better learn how to vote, or this nonsense will continue to flow down on top of you from the throne of government you put these people on." Lithium batteries generate pollution in several ways. The main and most damaging is due to the emissions that the material generates when it is not properly recycled and/or stored. Secondly, its contamination can reach the water, and the damage it generates to the marine environment and all its habitats is affected by it. Of all the sectors, the automotive sector is the most influential. It is estimated that by 2025 it will account for 90% of the entire lithium battery market. The rise of electric cars is driving the development of lithium batteries even further, but as they wear out, more and more of these components will accumulate, and their recycling becomes even more necessary.