On Tue, 16 Feb 2021 12:47:46 -0500, John wrote:

Passenger vehicles are only a very small percentage of the problem. Why not
create an industry to clean exhaust instead of crushing an entire industry and
building a complete untested, replacement industry? Are we willing to
dramatically increase mining to get all the minerals necessary to make all these
batteries and electric motors? Mining is way worse for the environment than oil
extraction.
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For the most part modern cars are a lot cleaner than the plants that
power a Tesla.
A lot of them are burning high sulfur coal (23%).
Elon doesn't brag about his coal burning car.