JohnWIt takes 19,000 miles of driving for an EV to offset the pollutants caused by the manufacturing...
...of its battery.
Source from Green Car Reports:
"EVs generally have higher emissions from materials sourcing and manufacturing than gasoline cars. The average electric car accounts for 8.1 million grams of carbon emissions before it reaches the first customer, compared to 5.5 million grams for the average gasoline car."
"But once on the road, even when charged exclusively from a coal-fired grid, EVs contribute to 4.1 million grams per year, compared to 4.6 million grams for gasoline cars, according to the analysis."
EV's, to totally offset the pollutants caused by its manufacturing process can take up to 5 or 6 years of use, or over 115,000 miles of driving.
The world did everything in reverse, just focusing on the finished product and not considering the cost and materials involved in its manufacture.
Had it been done right, we would have been in a great position to combat environmental change.
If the process of manufacture had been restructured to use more renewable energy from the start, not only would EV's have been built with lower emissions, but other materials as well.
If the plant itself put out lower emissions, that would have removed the largest source of emission for the entire process.
But alas, capitalism created the trend and we ate it up. Build it first, suffer the consequences later.
(Note: I'm not against EV's. Since they're here we should make the best use of them we can. I'm pointing out the huge error in the way the whole thing was approached).
When we talk about "the thing", that "thing" encompasses everyone's focus. How that thing came to be should be considered as much as the end result.