Supply Chain Shortages and Inflation

[SuburbanFarmer]

Toothpaste contains tiny sea shells. That’s where the ‘grit’ comes from.

[Zlaxer]

Toothpaste contains tiny sea shells. That’s where the ‘grit’ comes from.

I heard glass drinking cups have sea shells in them too.

As well has turtle box sand pits.

[TheOneX]

Toothpaste contains tiny sea shells. That’s where the ‘grit’ comes from.

I heard glass drinking cups have sea shells in them too.

As well has turtle box sand pits.

Most sand is made up of sea shells. Glass is generally made of from sand.

[Zlaxer]

Toothpaste contains tiny sea shells. That’s where the ‘grit’ comes from.

I heard glass drinking cups have sea shells in them too.

As well has turtle box sand pits.

Most sand is made up of sea shells. Glass is generally made of from sand.

[Martin Hash]

White sand is the poop of Parrot fish who eat coral. Black sand is from volcanic pumice. Gray sand is from granite. Beach sand is from sea shells. There's even glass sand from garbage in the ocean.

[PartyOf5]

Had to replace a car battery last night. $160 at Fleet Farm. Just the battery, as I replaced it myself. That also includes turning in the old battery. I replaced one in a different car last year at it was maybe $120.

And they want us to all go electric, where the car is filled with batteries.

[SilverEagle]

Had to replace a car battery last night. $160 at Fleet Farm. Just the battery, as I replaced it myself. That also includes turning in the old battery. I replaced one in a different car last year at it was maybe $120.

And they want us to all go electric, where the car is filled with batteries.

The real question is, what are we going to do with old used batteries from EVs?

[TheOneX]

Had to replace a car battery last night. $160 at Fleet Farm. Just the battery, as I replaced it myself. That also includes turning in the old battery. I replaced one in a different car last year at it was maybe $120.

And they want us to all go electric, where the car is filled with batteries.

The real question is, what are we going to do with old used batteries from EVs?

They have to be recycled, otherwise we won't have enough materials for new EVs.

[SilverEagle]

Had to replace a car battery last night. $160 at Fleet Farm. Just the battery, as I replaced it myself. That also includes turning in the old battery. I replaced one in a different car last year at it was maybe $120.

And they want us to all go electric, where the car is filled with batteries.

The real question is, what are we going to do with old used batteries from EVs?

They have to be recycled, otherwise we won't have enough materials for new EVs.

Sounds good in the surface but there is not an industrial solution to recycling these EV batteries and a big debate on if it’s even possible to reuse these materials for new batteries. A big issue is each manufacturer has a different blend of materials to make up EV batteries.

So I guess if recycling going to happen you will need industry standards for battery make up.

As of right now EVs are far worse for the environment vs combustion engine vehicles.

Once you figure out recycling of batteries, build nuke power plants, and clean up lithium mines across the world, then EVs being green will have a leg to stand on when speaking about being green. Until then environmentalist can kiss my ass.

[TheOneX]

The real question is, what are we going to do with old used batteries from EVs?

They have to be recycled, otherwise we won't have enough materials for new EVs.

Sounds good in the surface but there is not an industrial solution to recycling these EV batteries and a big debate on if it’s even possible to reuse these materials for new batteries. A big issue is each manufacturer has a different blend of materials to make up EV batteries.

So I guess if recycling going to happen you will need industry standards for battery make up.

As of right now EVs are far worse for the environment vs combustion engine vehicles.

Once you figure out recycling of batteries, build nuke power plants, and clean up lithium mines across the world, then EVs being green will have a leg to stand on when speaking about being green. Until then environmentalist can kiss my ass.

While there are still major hurdles to jump in regards to mass EV adoption, I don't agree with the statement that they are worse for the environment. The data pretty clearly shows that EVs create less emissions than combustion engines. That will only improve as less of our power comes from fossil fuels. Recycling batteries isn't a new thing, is just a matter of scale and cost. We recycle almost all lead acid batteries, no reason why we couldn't for lithium-ion batteries.