The EV Paradox

Your electric car is worse for the environment than my old diesel truck.

I know that sounds insane, but hear me out. Lithium mining for

one battery destroys five hundred thousand gallons of water. And it devastates entire ecosystems in

South America. The electricity charging your car probably comes from coal plants anyway.

My fifteen year old truck has already absorbed its carbon footprint. But here is

the twist. I just bought an electric car myself. It is the

only way to force the industry to clean up. Sometimes you have to participate in

a flawed system to change it.