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Originally Posted by ciaranob
I guess from my perspective, the battery is simply another 'fuel' tank and the cost to get the E (generation and transmission) to the EV (together will life cycle disposal issues) via infrastructure is still there, just different - I do believe that overall the environmental impact is still net positive in regard emissions but both technologies still have too big a carbon footprint - we will be in this mixed transition phase for a while yet - small step changes.
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That's exactly how I see it, but with the added benefit of not having to burn the fuel. It's already been converted to usable energy for the car.