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Originally Posted by Sabantien

Banning them? That's ridiculous.
As has already been pointed out, the battery tech keeps changing, and it's likely there'll be better options than lithium going forward.

A big problem in Australia is we burn coal to power them, and that's more the incompetence of our governments than anything else. Our power stations are old, they need replacing, but they keep holding onto the idea that coal is best (read, lines their pockets) even though every other market is transitioning away. Even BHP is giving up on thermal coal.

But it's slowly changing anyhow. My town just opened a geothermal power plant. Every other town out here has big solar farms. Unfortunately it doesn't help us out when the line goes down from Townsville. We all lose power. It's not set up to supply the town independently. A lot of the houses and businesses in town are plastered with solar panels. And if I wasn't renting, i'd do the same thing.

While I don't think people should be forced onto EV, if it suits them, go nuts. It would be great in the city, so long as you have a parking spot. Not everyone does in the inner city.

And being a greenie doesn't mean wanting to go back to the stone age.
Everything we do will have an impact. Greenies happen to like our natural environment, want to live in a clean environment, and try to reduce impact. Reduce. Doesn't go away.

This has been proven a lie time and again. Communism dressed in environmental facade/farce...