Beat_da_Rich to GenZedong · 2 years agoBill Gates AMA on redditimagemessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up171arrow-down10file-text
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minus-squareredtealinkfedilinkarrow-up23·2 years agoWhere are we going to get the lithium, never mind all the other resources, to replace every existing car with an electric one? By what environmentally friendly process will these resources be turned into those cars? And what are we going to recharge them with if states obstinately keep fracking and building coal mines rather than renewables (or nuclear)?
minus-squareComradeChairmanKGBlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 years agoThey’re going to steal it from the global south just like everything else
minus-squareSpaceDogslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 years agoOne of the city people I watch on YouTube said “electric cars are still cars”, they’re not going to solve anything.
minus-squareredtealinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 years agoIt seems obvious, but that’s a great way to put it.
Where are we going to get the lithium, never mind all the other resources, to replace every existing car with an electric one?
By what environmentally friendly process will these resources be turned into those cars?
And what are we going to recharge them with if states obstinately keep fracking and building coal mines rather than renewables (or nuclear)?
They’re going to steal it from the global south just like everything else
They will, that. The scoundrels.
One of the city people I watch on YouTube said “electric cars are still cars”, they’re not going to solve anything.
It seems obvious, but that’s a great way to put it.