jeepoch
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As far as future battery recycling:
Have you ever driven by a tire dump somewhere out in the rural countryside? I'm sure these dumps were created as an innocent temporary storage location in which the old rubber will eventually be properly recycled(?)
I predict that in the future, battery dumps too will be discovered somewhere out in the boonies. Cleaning these however may require an EPA Super-Fund level effort.
Some people will always find the cheapest disposal solutions independent of any recycle law (ethics be damned).
I'm certainly not advocating anything bad, just pointing out that you are indeed naive if you don 't at least expect this at some level.
We should do the best we can to support heavy metal and toxic element recycling and disposal. However, Captain Obvious here, the more expensive or complex the recycling solution the more we should expect the existence of undisclosed potentially pretty toxic battery dumps.
For many, the obvious answer will be to raise taxes and make it mandatory to replace batteries only at some government facility. Yuk squared.
Unintended consequences are always a by-product of perceived progress. I have yet to hear of any broad plan to accomplish EV battery recycling, even as we sell more and more of these things.
Jay
Have you ever driven by a tire dump somewhere out in the rural countryside? I'm sure these dumps were created as an innocent temporary storage location in which the old rubber will eventually be properly recycled(?)
I predict that in the future, battery dumps too will be discovered somewhere out in the boonies. Cleaning these however may require an EPA Super-Fund level effort.
Some people will always find the cheapest disposal solutions independent of any recycle law (ethics be damned).
I'm certainly not advocating anything bad, just pointing out that you are indeed naive if you don 't at least expect this at some level.
We should do the best we can to support heavy metal and toxic element recycling and disposal. However, Captain Obvious here, the more expensive or complex the recycling solution the more we should expect the existence of undisclosed potentially pretty toxic battery dumps.
For many, the obvious answer will be to raise taxes and make it mandatory to replace batteries only at some government facility. Yuk squared.
Unintended consequences are always a by-product of perceived progress. I have yet to hear of any broad plan to accomplish EV battery recycling, even as we sell more and more of these things.
Jay
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