Friday, April 22, 2022

Lots here, read all!!-----What is a Battery?

What is a Battery?
  • The Embedded Costs of Going Green
"What is a battery?' 
...They do not make electricity – they store electricity produced elsewhere, primarily by coal, uranium, natural gas-powered plants, or diesel-fueled generators. So, to say an EV is a zero-emission vehicle is not at all valid.
Also, since forty percent of the electricity generated in the U.S. is from coal-fired plants, it follows that forty percent of the EVs on the road are coal-powered, do you see?
...But that is not half of it. 
For those of you excited about electric cars and a green revolution, I want you to take a closer look at batteries and also windmills and solar panels. 
These three technologies share what we call environmentally destructive embedded costs...Read all.

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