Drawbacks of electric vehicles, wrecking balls on wheels & lithium shortage debate

We just watched the PBS Newshour episode on the frantic search for more lithium to meet future sales of electric vehicles. What a debacle. The latest mining venture is going on at the rapidly-shrinking Salton Sea in Southern California. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/salton-sea-lithium-deposits-could-help-ev-transition-support-economically-devastated-area … Continued

German auto industry opportunity, Green retrofits for used car exports

Exporting the older, worst-polluting vehicles to poorer, unregulated countries is going to come back to bite Europe in the ass. Read https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/26/climate/used-car-export-pollution.html for more information. The resulting escalation in air pollution in Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, Latin America and the … Continued