Recently I saw this report from the management consulting firm A. D. Little referenced in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.:
http://www.adlittle.us/uploads/tx_extthoughtleadership/ADL_BEVs_vs_ICEVs_FINAL_November_292016.pdf The report claims that BEVs have only a slight margin over ICEs in terms of greenhouse gas reduction (23%) and that BEVs are significantly more polluting overall. To quote the WSJ article: "... its total “human toxicity”—mainly due to heavy metals and graphite—will be three to five times greater." I don't know anything about ADL's reputation, but this analysis appears to be strangely biased. For instance my conversion's LiFePO4 cells don't contain ANY heavy metals, but the catalytic converter in my gas car definitely does contain platinum and palladium (which are obtained via notoriously polluting mining operations...) So two questions for the list: Is there a reputable source that would refute this analysis? Is there something I don't know about ADL's motivations for smearing EVs? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161211/442de931/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
