Comments on: Electric Vehicles Will Cost Us All, Whether We Drive One or Not http://agmetalminer.com/2010/02/01/electric-vehicles-will-cost-us-all-whether-we-drive-one-or-not/ Sourcing & Trading Intelligence for Global Metals Markets Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:39:20 +0100 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Trevor Stansbury http://agmetalminer.com/2010/02/01/electric-vehicles-will-cost-us-all-whether-we-drive-one-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-20538 Trevor Stansbury Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:40:58 +0000 http://agmetalminer.com/?p=2924#comment-20538 Perhaps an explanation for the irrational exuberance over EV is that we'd rather be energy and commodity dependent on friendlier/less radical countries (coal producers) than on the current suppliers of oil (Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, etc.) Of course, in relation to lithium, you can hardly call the current government of Bolivia a friendly, reliable commodity partner but at least coal is everywhere. T. Boone Pickens hit the nail on the head when he pointed out that everyone is an environmentalist until they find out what being an environmentalist costs. Perhaps an explanation for the irrational exuberance over EV is that we’d rather be energy and commodity dependent on friendlier/less radical countries (coal producers) than on the current suppliers of oil (Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, etc.) Of course, in relation to lithium, you can hardly call the current government of Bolivia a friendly, reliable commodity partner but at least coal is everywhere.

T. Boone Pickens hit the nail on the head when he pointed out that everyone is an environmentalist until they find out what being an environmentalist costs.

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