Not just researchers, wrecking yards are dealing with this problem today. I've read that wrecked EVs have to be isolated because they can catch fire or even explode days after a crash!
Speaking as an environmentalist, this is a huge smack in the face. Electric cars are supposed to be "green" but in fact it's the same old story. It just seems so short-sighted!
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Anyway...
There's got to be a better way!
And there is: alcohol fuel.
It burns clean and is carbon-neutral. Anyone can make it from anything that has starch or sugar. It's non-toxic(-ish).
(Lotta downvotes but y'all don't have anything to say?)
Alcohol has greater energy density than batteries; the by-products of alcohol production are organic and can be e.g. fed to animals; the exhaust of burning alcohol is non-toxic; the energy is from the sun, the molecules are from the air and water, burning the fuel is carbon-neutral because the carbon came from the atmosphere (not underground); you don't need lithium or other rare chemicals.
Speaking as an environmentalist, this is a huge smack in the face. Electric cars are supposed to be "green" but in fact it's the same old story. It just seems so short-sighted!
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Anyway...
There's got to be a better way!
And there is: alcohol fuel.
It burns clean and is carbon-neutral. Anyone can make it from anything that has starch or sugar. It's non-toxic(-ish).