{"id":251522,"date":"2023-04-06T13:28:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251522"},"modified":"2023-04-06T13:28:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T11:28:48","slug":"toxic-batteries-of-electric-vehicles-to-become-environmental-disaster-bernardi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251522","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Toxic batteries\u2019 of electric vehicles to become \u2018environmental disaster\u2019: Bernardi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"405\" data-attachment-id=\"251525\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=251525\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?fit=1281%2C718&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1281,718\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?fit=723%2C405&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?resize=723%2C405&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-251525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?resize=768%2C430&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?resize=1200%2C673&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0Screenshot-2023-04-06-132547.png?w=1281&amp;ssl=1 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@SkyNewsAustralia\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/Q-ry-JNiIiQtu7V8C3PdBFyOI-i4_bR_v8jpnkvKSAlgrLaZa40Zu1TQyfGVCGm9-49JxlOjng=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Sky News Australia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sky News host Cory Bernardi says there needs to be more talk around the \u201cdisposal costs and dangers\u201d of electric car components, as a recent report found electric cars are worse for the environment than petrol ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThese toxic batteries, chemicals and solar panels, and wind panels; 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