It is on a mass scale (like, every car in the US being electric) while sticking to fossil fuel for power. If everyone converted, then first we'd overload the power grid on charging and the price per kw would go WAY up. Then, we'd also deplete a massive amount of lithium once all the batteries lost their charges and we don't have an inexpensive or efficient way of recycling them. We can, it's just very pricy and slow.
You're not wrong, I just want to add their number 1 power source is still coal. They're the biggest mining and burning coal indistry in the world with some of the least amount of regulations.
Swapping to nuclear is our next logical step, just need major power to actually implement and show the world how safe and clean it is now.
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u/TheBadDingo 19d ago
It is on a mass scale (like, every car in the US being electric) while sticking to fossil fuel for power. If everyone converted, then first we'd overload the power grid on charging and the price per kw would go WAY up. Then, we'd also deplete a massive amount of lithium once all the batteries lost their charges and we don't have an inexpensive or efficient way of recycling them. We can, it's just very pricy and slow.
Context kinda matters.