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      08-07-2021, 12:41 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by shoei View Post
I always found that ironic as well because you're dead on the money. The amount of damage that's caused by all the mining to source all that's needed to create these batteries. Not to mention, how do they get disposed of?

A lot of the eco friendly solutions replace one problem with another truthfully. Organic foods come to mind.
At the risk of going way off topic, perhaps you should research the horrors caused by fracking and oil extraction and oil spills before complaining about mining for battery material.

And to answer your question about EV batteries, there are robust recycling programs that reduce waste tremendously.
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