• markstos@lemmy.world
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    12 days ago

    Burning lithium batteries are explosive, toxic and released heavy metals.

    There’s a limited supply of the materials for EVs and e-bikes but a huge value in replacing gas cars with these vehicles.

    Burning these huge batteries harms people breathing the air in the area.

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      12 days ago

      Yeah, it’d be better just to cease their purchase and let them sit, completely useless. A burnt car gets an insurance payout. What about throwing those giant stickers on the windshield that don’t peel off without ripping and leave a ridiculous mess? There was a Russian YouTube channel where people would do that to people driving on sidewalks.

      Bonus money and business for car detailers? Lol

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        12 days ago

        I would agree normally, but at a larger scale, it would cost insurance more to replace everything leading to higher rates and possibly refusal of insurance due to the risk associated.

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          11 days ago

          And it’s priorities like that is how we end up with paper straws and electric cars grinding up more microplastics from their tires that we inhale.