Making batteries creates pollution. Mining , with diesel trucks. Transporting raw materials from foreign country. Manufacturing. Then there's the electric grid that can't handle more load. Volvo released there study on electric cars, base battery 8 yrs. Before it's green. Larger range batteries longer. Then what do you do when batteries fail. No recycling yet. Also solar panels, when they start to fail (20yr life) same thing no plans.
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Making batteries creates pollution. Mining , with diesel trucks. Transporting raw materials from foreign country. Manufacturing. Then there's the electric grid that can't handle more load. Volvo released there study on electric cars, base battery 8 yrs. Before it's green. Larger range batteries longer. Then what do you do when batteries fail. No recycling yet. Also solar panels, when they start to fail (20yr life) same thing no plans.