In the end manufacture of all vehicles irrespective of power source, are hugely destructive
True, and it's more about the profiteering of private enterprise than the innate nature of mineral extraction. It's all very well to be concerned about the environmental damage done by Cobalt or Lithium extraction, but one ought to also look at the awful damage done in places like Nigeria, Azerbaijan and elsewhere to see that the fossil fuel industry is responsible for huge amounts of environmental destruction.
