Are electric cars really a long-term solution? But what will we do with the scrap batteries? They are really dangerous waste. And electric cars are also more expensive than other cars. What do you think about that?

I agree with you that scrap batteries are dangerous waste , but I'm pretty sure that scientists will come up with something to do with those batteries so they won't be so dangerous.... I also agree about their price but again more of them will be made so they will probably become a lot cheaper

My family owns a electric car and I think it is a sustainable way to drive. Not only does it not need gas refills ever, bu they also don't emit any carbon or pollution. Yes, the scrap batteries can be quite harmful, but if you weigh out all the emissions that come from cars and how many scrap batteries there would be, the pollution from car emissions would damage the environment way more. Also, there are many cars that are way more expensive than electric cars and they do even more damage to the environment. For example, big tricks and sports cars emit a lot of carbon and are very expensive vehicles. If only electric cars were produced, there would be more advances and less expensive ways to create them that would be discovered. Overall I think switching to all electric cars could drastically help the environment.

I am living in a family that has recently transferred from a diesel to an electric car. During this process I learned a lot about how bad scrap batteries were for the environment. We found that is very useful to recycle the batteries. Looking at the cons of a scrap battery to the car emissions the car emissions are much worse for the environment. I agree with the fact that electric cars will completely and drastically help our environment. Changing to an electric car will greatly impact our would for the better.

I am living in a family that has recently transferred from a diesel to an electric car. During this process I learned a lot about how bad scrap batteries were for the environment. We found that is very useful to recycle the batteries. Looking at the cons of a scrap battery to the car emissions the car emissions are much worse for the environment. I agree with the fact that electric cars will completely and drastically help our environment. Changing to an electric car will greatly impact our world for the better.

While scrap batteries are definitely a concern for electric cars, we will most likely find a better way to power such cars. Even if it still remains as batteries, they will just continue to be even more efficient, decreasing the waste. Getting rid of batteries will be very difficult, but even with batteries as waste, the carbon footprint it leaves will be less than what we currently have.

What they can do as the next step is to use part solar power and part electricity so that energy won’t be entirely dependent on battery. In addition, another type of alternative energy is to use grass as biofuel in place of petroleum.

I have wondered this a lot too. It seems like electric cars would be much better since they don't use fossil fuels but I know that there is a problem with getting rid of old batteries. I heard that Tesla is working on a better way to recycle their batteries but almost no one can afford a Tesla and I don't know if the technology will work for recycling other electric car batteries. Either way it would be good to know the environmental impact of electric cars, including battery disposal and fuel efficient regular cars.

Electric cars are a great solution short and long term.  According to https://sustainablog.org/2015/07/batter … landfills/  we can and should recycling all old car batteries because they contain a tremendous amount of lithium and we can use that for many other things like phone and computer rechargeable batteries.  Also we could reuse all the nickel and cobalt in the batteries which are both expensive metals.

electric cars right now seem like a short term solution because these cars aren't affordable for low income families or for those who just don't have enough money for the car.

I agree with shivam67. The electric cars are way too expensive. Many families (not only low income) around the world could not afford it including mine. So, it's almost impossible for us to change ours to the electric one.