Don electric cars just move the pollution?
No. Electric cars reduce pollution. I live in Ontario, Canada. The largest producer of electricity here is Ontario Hydro. Ontario Hydro uses a mix of hydro-electric, Candu nuclear and fossil-fuel generation, but use virtually no fossil fuels in their base-load generation (low demand periods such as overnight when my car is charging). There are smaller producers in the province who use solely hydro-electric generation. So in my case, as in many places, my car is charged without the use of fossil fuels, and uses none in operation. Top of page 13. What about the pollution from all those batteries going to landfill? Lead-acid batteries almost never go to landfill. They are the most recycled consumer product in the world. The Battery Council International reported in 1996 that 98% of the lead-acid batteries sold are recycled, and over 98% (by weight)of the material from ‘dead’ lead-acid batteries is recovered and re-used in the production of new batteries, including the polypropylene cases,
