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I admit, I did not read the long article. Of course the mining of the resources necessary for electric cars is not without downsides, like a lot of resources. Care should be taken that the downsides are minimized.
The good thing is once the resources are mined and they are used in a battery, they can be recycled almost completely. Whereas once petrol is burned, it’s gone forever.
Vor allem hat das Mining einen riesigen CO2-Footprint:
https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/digitales/bitcoins-schuerfen-kimaschaedlich-100.html