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35. Electric Vehicles--Very Funny

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  Electric Vehicles--Very Funny In an August 2021 column, Al Diamon scoffed about electric vehicles (Politics & Other Mistakes: Shock treatment), with the usual folksy, “here’s-the-actual-story” approach. Ha ha, we get it. He concludes that EVs are not the answer to climate change. Wait, didn’t the clouds part and the angels begin to sing with the unveiling of the Ford F-150 Lightning? BumMER! His reasons: batteries are pollution; electricity relies on fossil fuels; EVs are elitist; all these EV’s cheat the highway funding system; the rebates and tax incentives aren’t fair; charging stations foster deadbeat behavior. OK, so, one by one: 1. Batteries are full of hazardous materials and will pose a major disposal problem. OK, Yes - Batteries produce waste. So do gas powered cars. As time goes on, most of these materials will be recycled. Old batteries themselves can and will be repurposed (for example as energy storage). More importantly though, if you compare the entire life cycle w