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///M4ster Yoda · 11-26-2017, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by SakhirM4

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Originally Posted by Roch M4

Full electric or hybrid cars will not save the planet or reduce the pollution. When you drive an electric your are not polluting locally, but the construction of the car generate 1,5 x more pollution and energy consumption that a regular car; then when driving your car, the electricity will be generated by coal or fuel or atomic production...and finally when recycling the electric batteries is more energy and pollution. Automakers are just following a trend

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Originally Posted by sheepboy

Interested in knowing where you get your "facts"...

Any references to back them up?

Some interesting reading:

Electric cars are not the answer to air pollution
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...of-frank-kelly

Electric cars are not the solution
https://www.theguardian.com/environm...pollutionwatch

Electric Cars Are Not Necessarily Clean
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...ssarily-clean/

Where Electric Vehicles Actually Cause More Pollution Than Gas Cars
https://www.citylab.com/environment/...s-cars/397136/

Don't show them facts it goes against the narrative. ICE = Bad Electric = Good