Electric Conversion input

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Battery packs require rare earth materials and cobalt, which are massively toxic and extremely dangerous to people and the environment. Who controls the supply of these battery materials ??? The CCP that's who, unfortunately.

In order to meet the needs for a entire BEV-based transportation system, the amount of battery metals production would have to increase massively. That massive increase in battery production requires a massive increase in battery metals mining.

I would encourage everyone to understand the environmental impact of nickel, cobalt, and lithium mining before thinking that batteries are going to solve our environmental issues. Again we solve one problem (climate change) and create other problems with the environment.

The electrification of transportation will be a thing for a number of years --- auto makers, governments, and industry are geared up for the conversion.

The unknown is whether the consumer will flock to vehicles with range limits, and other unknowns like how much to replace the battery pack.

What about the proper venting and air flow required along with cooling system for the battery packs?

Irony is that the power required to recharge these batteries in transportation comes from either coal fired power plants or other existing sources. Renewables in their best case scenario are anticipated to account for only about 25 percent of our electrical power grid needs.

As of today there are no real plans to expand nuclear or LNG/natural gas resources to meet the increase in electrical needs.

Get ready for California throughout the USA if we don't expand our electrical grid resources.

Think about the brown outs in summer when A/C usage is curtailed, and other rationing attempts.

This is where the whole electrical grid debacle is headed for the USA...