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Lithium isn't a rare earth mineral or metal, it is the 33rd most common element on earth.

There is a substantial cost to doing nothing and continuing the status quo

There is a very substantial cost to destroying the planet chasing after a toxic, highly inefficient and polluting alternative to ICE vehicles. Hybrid vehicles are clearly the answer. Tire pollution is a far more serious problem than tailpipe emissions.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jun/14/electr...

This scene is absolute madness https://twitter.com/siddharthkara/status/1611042107871080449

> Tire pollution is a far more serious problem than tailpipe emissions.

What an extraordinary claim.

Not a claim, a fact. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyre...

https://earth.org/tyre-pollution/

Because BEVs are much heavier than ICE vehicles and have very different torque characteristics they produce significantly more pollution. Much of the dirt poluttion attributed to diesel is actually tire particulates.

Your claim is that tire pollution is a more serious problem than exhaust. These articles do not support this claim. They state that more particles come off tires than exhaust. That's not the same thing. Does tire pollution contribute to global warming as much as fossil fuel exhaust? I haven't seen anything to indicate that.

I'd like to see a number on the difference in particulate production from tires on EVs – I suspect it's only about 20% more.

Read up on it. There is so much mumbo jumbo about 'global warming' that makes little sense. Tire pollution is a very serious tangible problem.

So your theory is global warming is not a serious tangible problem but tire particulates are?

Pretty much, yes. I think there are sorts of serious flaws in the belief systems that used to be called 'global warming' (which is now renamed 'climate change' as the 'warming' science didn't make sense). Tire particulates are a huge polluting issue, compounded by the disastrous mistakes being made in trying to force heavy electric battery powered vehicles on everyone.

OK thanks! I’ll disregard your opinions on the matter.

I suggest you wean yourself off your belief systems and do some reading up on causes of pollution!

What is the sustainability cycle in your opinion if we don't mass switch to EV?

According to most research the current plan is absolute net zero by 2050 and offset by reforestation, but that would not cover people not switching to EVs? Also projecting significantly further into the future, fossil fuels are not a renewable resource, what do we do when it runs out?

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