A cut-and-paste attack on electric vehicle batteries and renewables is spanning the globe. But is it right? | Temperature Check

Unattributed extracts from an essay decrying renewables and electric vehicles are being used to undermine their environmental credentialsTemperature Check is a weekly column examining claims about climate change made by governments, politicians, business and in the media. See the latest column and follow the series hereAcross social media, internet forums and some climate science denier blogs, there has been furious cutting-and-pasting of chunks of common text attacking the environmental credentials of electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines.About 200 tonnes of the "Earth's crust" needs to be mined for each electric vehicle battery, and 11 tonnes of brine are needed just for the lithium, claims the text, which also says solar panels and wind turbine blades can't be recycled. Continue reading...