Interesting. A lot of separate points here. I am interested in the battery idea. I was under the impression that there is actually a positive economic incentive to recycle them (e.g. Redwood Materials here in the US). Are used batteries piling up somewhere or something?
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I know there’s a government program (partnership between provinces) that started in 2021 to recycle EV batteries. I don’t know all the details but I wonder how it will hold up as they ramp up production of batteries.
Ok ok. And then the question of energy sovereignty… my assumption is that 🍁 would produce the energy needed for charging EVs. Is there a reason EVs would cause 🍁 to start importing energy from other countries?
That’s my thought as well. We would produce the energy needed to charging EVs. In my opinion, EV is just one part of the green energy plan.
If I look at what happened in Europe with the nuclear power plants, I wouldn’t want something similar to happen with the production of fossil fuel extraction once they inevitably decide to ramp down its production
I think how fossil fuels are treated moving forward is probably the most interesting idea to think about that you shared. It’s of course connected to EVs but I think it’s also somewhat independent. Nothing technically stopping the government from being positive toward both.
“Technically” is an important keyword here. Fossil fuels have been demonized in the west for quite some time now. Especially in 🍁
Yes. And I agree that demonization is a mistake and will have consequences. I guess my whole thing is that EVs seem good. I don’t want to see them framed in opposition to fossil fuels.