Annoying can't find two articles on electric cars which show they create more greenhouse gases than both diesel and petrol.
Obviously its about the creation of the batteries not the use of electric cars themselves. The most important thing to note is the so called environmentalists emphasis on the cost benefits of using a product while entirely ignoring capital costs (to the environment) of creating it. Stupidly? Or just a smug "look i am doing my bit for the environment " while knowingly doing nothing of the sort. I choose to assume they are not stupid!
An aside
https://www.greentechmedia.com/arti...attery-production-is-surging-but-at-what-cost
https://www.wired.co.uk/article/lithium-batteries-environment-impact
"Although electric vehicles basically are emission free, at least when they are powered by electricity from
renewable sources, they still cause a climate impact which derives from the manufacturing of the car and not
least the battery. Mining and refining of battery materials, and manufacturing of cells, modules and pack"
requires significant amounts of energy which could generate GHG emissions so high that the marginal
climate benefit by using electric vehicles instead of ICE vehicles is reduced. This would mean emissions are
only moved from one pipe to another which most probably would require new regulations"