| ▲ | ahhhhnoooo 2 hours ago | |
Or the gasoline generation efficiency and transmission losses? Or the economic impacts of oil pollution? Getting oil from the ground to the pump isn't free either. | ||
| ▲ | leonidasrup 17 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |
The ecological impact of mining and refining of rare earths, used for permanent magnets in EV motors or in electric generators - wind turbines, is quite large. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S03043... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Pass_Rare_Earth_Mine#... Because of ecology, refining of U.S. mined rare earths was outsourced for a very long time to China. Outsourcing of ecological damage... https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodities/mp-materials-sto... | ||
| ▲ | triceratops 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
100 percent | ||