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Electric Vehicles
Cons
Mining
The Lithium used to construct the battery of electrical vehicles is obtained by mining. Large amounts of water is pumped into the deserts and churning of brine leaves a irreversible impact on the enviorment.
Retrieving minerals needed to construct the electric vehicles cause an elevation around 6500 feet above sea level.
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Harming organisms
Microscopic life found in the lagoons in Chile (where electric vehicles materials are collected) that feed by underground reservoirs and thin streams coming down mountains are suffering, as those streams are polluted my chemicals caused by retrieving resources.
Water
From 2000 to 2015, the amount of water pumped out of the salt water flats were 21% higher than the amount that was filtered in.
In central parts of the salt flat, levels have dropped between 20cm and 1m per year (information retrieved over a 15 year period).
Locals suffer
Peine (village closest to mining of Lithium) has licensed to pump 1.5 litres of water per second to supply 400 residents.
Water in Peine isn’t enough for the locals, the government has been forced to shut off running water at night so tanks can refill.
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Local communities have set up a monitoring station in the lagoon on the salt flats to monitor water levels.
Pros
No gas required
As Electric Vehicles are charged by electricity only, money that would have otherwise been spent on gas could be saved.
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Convenience
Electric vehicles are easy to recharge as it only uses power outlets (even a normal household socket be used to charge electric vehicles)
Emissions
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The vehicles are eco friendly, though the manufacturing process is not.
15.6% of global carbon emissions that come from transport can be reduced through the use of electric vehicles.