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Electric Vehicles: The Real Cost
Columbia Southern University
EH1020-15I-5A21-S5, English Composition II
Abstract
Electric vehicles will save the environment. This statement has been made several times
before. The truth is, electric vehicles may one day help save the environment, but technology
must continue to find solutions to eliminating the materials currently used in manufacturing, and
the fuel to keep them running. The critical elements necessary for producing batteries alone are
at times not only difficult to find and mine but can also be extremely expensive. Recharging
these vehicles for the overwhelming majority requires large amounts of fossil fuels, as renewable
grids are not yet available, and range of a charge is limited. Creating and maintaining these
alternative fuel grids will also come at great expense. The electric vehicle may someday achieve
the goals that are touted, but there is a long way to go before they can truly claim zero emissions.
Electric Vehicles: The Real Cost
Electric cars are not a new invention. In fact, the first examples can be traced back almost
two hundred years. The growing concern about global warming and the damaging emissions of
the internal combustible engine (ICE), however, have brought the electric vehicle (EV) into
vogue. Hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and all-electric sales are steadily increasing, and consumer
demand is headed for an all-time high. The United States Department of Energy (USDOE)
estimated 6.6 million would be sold annually by 2020 (Matulka, 2014). While there are several
reasons for this phenomenon, restrictions to future emissions made through acts like the Kyoto
Protocol and the Paris Agreement have practically sealed their place in history. One of the top
factors is the zero (all-electric) to greatly reduced (plug-in hybrid) emissions of the EV as
compared to ICE vehicles. Proponents of this movement also point to the elimination of raw
, materials, such as crude oil, that cannot be recycled from future use. On the converse side of this
issue, those against the EV revolution point to the actual devastation they are currently creating.
Without condemning the greatly reduced or eliminated carbon from the atmosphere as a result of
the vehicles use, but instead bringing to light the actual cost of achieving that goal. The resources
necessary for producing the batteries needed to power these vehicles are limited to where they
are mined, with monopolies on supply in many places, and in some instances, allowing
detrimental regulations to be overlooked (Balch, 2020). There is also the issue of job-loss and
economical damage that may result from the elimination of traditional vehicles as well as the
fuel industry (Varga & Fodor, 2019).
Charging this growing fleet without using fossil fuels is also a challenge, and the time and
cost for creating alternative fuel source grids is also at issue (Franco, et.al., 2020). The true
debate is whether EV’s can save the environment. To strengthen this position technology must
continue to find solutions to eliminating the materials currently used in manufacturing and the
fuel to keep them running. Justifying the elimination of one product for another, only to put other
resources and economies at risk, is not a solution.
The Literature Review
Education about a product is a responsibility that every consumer should take, especially
when it involves a major purchase. The EV revolution has taken off worldwide on the premise
that these vehicles will save the world. Manufacturers and government agencies alike promulgate
the environment saving miracles of zero emissions that they produce as a result, but there is truly
little in the news about what effects are created or the lives that are affected by the time they
leave the assembly line. There are valid arguments on both sides, and these vehicles may very
well be an end to the ICE, but there must be significant improvements in both technology and
infrastructure before it can be can truly argued that they are a better alternative at this time.
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