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A quick check shows the 21 billion gallon number you're (not) citing is likely bullshit.

https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/environment-v...

> David Checkel, a professor at the University of Alberta and an electric car expert, did some back-of-the-napkin math to dispute the claim. Checkel calculated that if each gallon of fuel costs $3, then 21 billion gallons would cost $63 billion annually. If $63 billion was the price tag for 250,000 batteries, then the cost of raw materials for each battery would be more than $250,000.




what's the correct figure? it's easily 100x the output


Is that number pulled off a Facebook meme, too?

You seem confused by the concept of a reusable battery. It's not a AA battery; you don't throw it away every 300 miles and get a new one.


Good thing they get charged more than 100 times then.




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