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Originally Posted by robchalmers
what about the extra resources in and carbon produced be the extraction process of the battery ingredients and then shipment of them to the battery manufacturer etc ? are they included in these studies?
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Good grief, you too?
Well if you listen to the hybrid skeptics, nickel is the most difficult, dirty, horrible substance known to man to extract. Not like the wonderfully clean, delicious, and taste oil that recently seasoned the Gulf of Mexico.
The only problem with this battery nonsense is nickel is also used to make steel and exhaust systems. Also cutlery, jet aircraft turbine alloys, surgical instruments and . . . specialty metals for engines. It turns out battery production is less than 1% of the nickel output and pales in comparison to the NiMH batteries sold in every grocery and drug store. But hybrid vehicle nickel that goes into a battery is 'special' . . . just more hybrid skeptic nonsense.
Bob Wilson