BBC R4 Costing the Earth: End of the petrol age
_ Worth a listen even though no great revelations in it...
One of the opinions voiced on this program was the biggest impediment to EV take-up wasn’t range anxiety or lack of charging infrastructure but the cost of the vehicles when compared to the I.C. equivalent. If so that’s very easily cured with grants from the government money tree (think scrappage scheme on steroids).
It was also pointed out that the total cost of ownership over the life of the vehicle was lower than the equivalent I.C. vehicle.
But then there’s pollution and damage due to Lithium and Cobalt mining (and that of other rare metals) to be factored in, and the recycling costs etc. That doesn’t seem to be fully factored into the sustainable equation...
Hydrogen, produced from renewables anyone?
