The European Union voted on Friday to impose tariffs as high as 45% on electric vehicles from China, threatening a broader trade conflict with Beijing which has already vowed to protect its companies.
  • @[email protected]
    -3•1 month ago

    You cherry picked his argument and left out the rest where he states China’s as cheaper standards of environmental “friendliness”

    • @[email protected]
      9•1 month ago

      Because (1) lithium contamination is a much, much, smaller problem than climate change and (2) we shouldn’t let perfect be the enemy of good. Of course, if the EU is combining taxes on EV import with an equivalent investment in public transport or cycling / walking infrastructure, I wouldn’t be complaining.