2023-07-08
In summary, don't.
That's all you need to know (but don't forget the fire risk from exploding lithium-ion batteries) about the green transition.
To make appreciable emissions savings over the life of an electric vehicle is next to impossible by many estimates - and those estimates may be optimistic. Does it really make sense to spend money retooling the entire automotive industry (money that may well not be costed into these estimates) on this basis, for a transition that may well turn out to be unfeasible due to the specific resource constraints?
Still, if you need more convincing, Matt Ridley writing for the Daily Mail has the story.
