Quote Originally Posted by islaydarkblue View Post
I have known about Item 5 in Deeranged’s post for several years having previously read about it in the Sunday Times newspaper.
I enclose an article from Reuters which states that China owns 90% of the worldwide stocks of rare earth materials used in permanent magnets that power electric cars. https://www.reuters.com/business/aut...ts-2021-07-19/
However it is up to the Green Party politicians to find this information out for themselves and not my job to do it for them.
They will have to learn the hard way when the Chinese government either bans the export of these rare earth materials or ramps up the price to a level that makes the cost of an electric vehicle prohibitive.
But it's your strongest argument against EVs and you're dismissing it in favour of arguing total nonsense about them being 50% heavier, silent, inconvenient to ferries and more lethal to pedestrians.

You really baffle me at times.