Flipboard Science DeskApr 28, 2023

Is your electric car worth the extinction of a species?

Time Magazine (now without a paywall) says the clean energy transition may require huge tradeoffs: https://time.com/6274915/lithium-mining-us-tiehms-buckwheat/

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Is Your Electric Car Worth the Extinction of a Species?

The U.S. needs lithium to make EV batteries. The preservation of an obscure plant, Tiehm’s buckwheat, is getting in the way.

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Maybe we should fix public transport instead of frame EV owners.

Apr 28, 2023 at 8:56pmWeb