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Are EVs Worse for the Environment Because of Lithium Mining? Let’s Investigate

06 Feb 2023 | Abstracted from Gizmodo

"Lithium extraction has adverse impacts on the environment, like any other mineral that we mine for. However, similar to coal and gas, lithium mining can result in soil degradation, water shortages, biodiversity loss, damage to ecosystem functions, air contamination and, overtime, an increase in global warming.

"...is lithium worse for the environment than fossil fuels? No, not really."

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