ADL is an obvious think tank. I don't know for sure if they are biased but I have never seen a serious research paper list car and driver magazine as a source. I suspect oil company funding.
Sent from my iPhone > On Dec 11, 2016, at 5:29 PM, Joe Fields via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Recently I saw this report from the management consulting firm A. D. Little > referenced in a Wall Street Journal opinion piece by Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.: > > http://www.adlittle.us/uploads/tx_extthoughtleadership/ADL_BEVs_vs_ICEVs_FINAL_November_292016.pdf > > The report claims that BEVs have only a slight margin over ICEs in terms of > greenhouse gas reduction (23%) and that BEVs are significantly more > polluting overall. To quote the WSJ article: > > "... its total “human toxicity”—mainly due to heavy metals and > graphite—will be three to five times greater." > > I don't know anything about ADL's reputation, but this analysis appears to > be strangely biased. For instance my conversion's LiFePO4 cells don't > contain ANY heavy metals, but the catalytic converter in my gas car > definitely does contain platinum and palladium (which are obtained via > notoriously polluting mining operations...) > > So two questions for the list: > > Is there a reputable source that would refute this analysis? > > Is there something I don't know about ADL's motivations for smearing EVs? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20161211/442de931/attachment.htm> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
