People fail to think about where the materials come from to make electric cars
Mining the basic metals and battery components takes diesel fuel, lots of diesel fuel
transporting the materials to a factory that runs on power from NG
The materials like plastic, paint and safety glass are made from oil products
and transporting the final product to market by rail or truck.
I'm willing to bet it takes more fossil fuel to put an electric car on the road than a smart car burns in its lifetime that's available from factory's that already exist.
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