Experts weigh in on claim that electric cars have a mining problem: ‘These problems have always existed’

By Jamie Speka – TCD the cool down

In recent months, there has been a slew of claims that electric vehicles’ use of mineral mining causes more harm to the environment than traditional carbon-releasing cars. But is that true?

British right-wing politician Nigel Farage wrote of electric vehicles’ “strain” on the environment that comes from mineral mining. 

However, EV mythbusters, a series of articles put out by the Guardian, relies on a scientific foundation for weighing in on claims such as these. The claim that mineral mining is worse for the environment as it depletes more mineral resources than combustion-based cars was debunked by science.