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Fallacy 17: Electric vehicles are a sustainable solution to road transport

Fallacy 17: Electric vehicles are a sustainable solution to road transport

Update: 2025-07-14
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The commitment by international governments to transition to electric vehicles is one of the success stories in the fight against climate change. However, the switch to electric vehicles brings its own set of problems, including constraints on critical materials, the urgent need to increase electrical generating capacity using genuinely green energy and the social, political and environmental consequences of poorly regulated mining activities. This podcast episode explains why the transition to electric vehicles could have a multitude of unintended consequences.

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Fallacy 17: Electric vehicles are a sustainable solution to road transport

Fallacy 17: Electric vehicles are a sustainable solution to road transport

Richard Joy and Graham Neale