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Car Wars: Hydrocarbons, Lithium, and the Greening Grid

26 Mar 2024 | Abstracted from Counterpunch

"New battlelines are being drawn in today’s revamped auto world...Now it's the engine itself and whether electric vehicles are worse for the environment than "gasmobiles" as is dubiously being claimed by some

"...it is not the meter that scares government policy makers who tax measurable consumption, it is no meter.

"Change is never easy, especially an energy transition that upends an entire economy, but once an EV can do the same (or more) than a gasmobile at the same (or cheaper) price and everyone can buy one, no one will want yesterday's goods."

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