It seems to me lately the number of people pushing anti-EV or anti-battery narratives is increasing.

I keep stumbling upon more and more social media posts where people seem to reach the conclusion that EVs are either a scam or not viable. Mostly they use one or more of the following opinions to justify that:

  1. the energy used to recharge batteries comes from fossil fuels
  2. the metals used to make the batteries are mined by kids in the congo
  3. the total carbon footprint of an EV is higher than an ICE

And other similar stuff that i dont rlly wanna get into.

The thing that I dont understand is how can narratives like these keep gaining traction when the only, ONLY thing we know 100% for certain about all this is that oil is going to eventually run out (and not so late according to current estimates). How can anybody believe it would not be beneficial for us to start working in alternatives to oil NOW instead of… Idk waiting until it almost runs out and then we start killing each other for the last drops of it or smth.

I tried to talk some people into this point of view but somehow I cant convince anybody who already thinks the other way this shit makes me so frustrated sometimes.

  • Difficult_Shift_5662@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    “the total carbon footprint of an EV is higher than an ICE” this depends from day to day due to economic factors, to locations that the vehicle is manufactured and depending on all the other aspects of supply chain and manufacturing process. Overall this is usually not true. But if its it true for the time being, every new second gen EV is more efficient than the 1st GEN counterpart, and sooner than later this will a solved problem.

    “the energy used to recharge batteries comes from fossil fuels”, this is also very dependent on the infrastructure, and it is true in some parts of the world, but in large parts of europe this could come from %100 clean energy, at some hours of the day, which cannot be stored except in the batteries of these cars, helping the process (i.e charging through the night when the consumption is low but the turbines are still turning).

    i agree with the second part, but this is true for every electronic component or rare materials we are using today, not specific to an EV, and tech is progressing to get rid of rare earth materials; albeit slowly. The direction is correct imo for a better future.