Are We Nearing the EV Tipping Point?

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As the number of EVs grow the number of future dead batteries will grow as well. It would appear we are currently creating a waste monster as the production of new batteries outpaces the recycle technology and their bi-product. The current recycle process is arduous. Those processes will need to be enhanced and who will pay for that? More taxpayer subsidies for the industry?

EV batteries are 80-90% recyclable, the fact that they contain valuable materials makes the recycling of them profitable.

But the question is a tad premature because after 8-15 years of use in an EV they still have another 10-20 years service life as storage for solar-generated power.

So the concern over massive problems created by a “waste monster” are most likely both premature and over hyped.

I’d worry a little more about the CO2 being pumped into our atmosphere by ICE cars. We are burning 370,000,000 gals of gasoline a day and each gallon produces 20 lbs of CO2. That’s 7,400,000,000 lbs of CO2 each day.