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Instagram posts stated on June 09, 2022 in an Instagram post:

Electric cars in California are not sustainable as only 10% of their batteries are recyclable and the state can’t recycle them.

By Andy Nguyen• August 11, 2022

Chuck Grassley stated on June 07, 2021 in an op-ed:

The Biden administration “ignores the negative environmental impact created by lithium mining.”

By Jon Greenberg• June 9, 2021

Instagram posts stated on October 20, 2022 in a video:

"When electric cars get in accidents, they explode, they catch fire very very badly because of the lithium batteries.”

By Kristin Hugo• October 25, 2022

Instagram posts stated on November 30, 2022 in a post:

Large machinery is “required to move 500,000 pounds of earth in order to get the minerals needed for one single Tesla car battery.”

By Andy Nguyen• December 13, 2022

Facebook posts stated on July 22, 2022 in a Facebook post:

You can't pour water on flames from an electric car battery because “water makes lithium burn."

By Yacob Reyes• July 30, 2022

David Axelrod stated on July 11, 2010 in ABC's "This Week":

"We had 2 percent of the global market (for advanced batteries) when he (Obama) started. We now have 16 percent, headed to 40 percent by 2015."

By Robert Farley• July 15, 2010

Cathy McMorris Rodgers stated on March 18, 2021 in a House hearing:

The Democratic clean energy plan is pro-China, because "90% of the solar panels, 80% of the wind machines, 90% of the rare earth minerals … are in Asia or in China.”

By Jon Greenberg• March 29, 2021

Viral image stated on September 05, 2021 in a Facebook post:

“The Bidens own 10% of” a Chinese firm whose stock is up almost 300%” since Joe Biden was elected.

By Tom Kertscher• September 10, 2021

Facebook posts stated on March 24, 2022 in a photo:

Says photo shows "one of Tesla's lithium supply mines where entire mountains are eliminated."

By Monique Curet• May 11, 2022

Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2023 in social media posts on January 23, 2023:

Electrically charged stones discovered in Congo.

By Loreben Tuquero• January 26, 2023

Viral image stated on April 29, 2021 in a Facebook post:

"Manufacturing the battery for one electric car produces the same amount of carbon dioxide as running a petrol car for eight years."

By Andy Nguyen• May 11, 2021

Viral image stated on August 11, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a gas-powered van towing a diesel generator that is charging an electric car.

By Samantha Putterman• August 23, 2019

Facebook posts stated on May 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:

Says a photo shows a “lithium mine for hybrid cars.”

By Tom Kertscher• May 26, 2021

Facebook posts stated on January 04, 2022 in a post:

Electric vehicles would not have fared well in the Virginia snowstorm traffic jam.

By Jeff Cercone• January 7, 2022

Facebook posts stated on November 16, 2024 in a Facebook post:

“Elon Musk: 'I Am Releasing Tesla's $7,000 NEW Car That Runs On PURE Solar Power!’”

By Maria Briceño• November 19, 2024

Debbie Lesko stated on August 30, 2022 in a tweet:

Electric vehicles are unaffordable because “the average cost of replacing an electric vehicle battery is over $10,000, while the average cost of replacing the battery of a gas-powered car is $100 to $200.”

By Haley Tenore• October 19, 2022

Jared Polis stated on May 15, 2024 in an X post:

Tariffs are a “direct, regressive tax on Americans” and President Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods will “hit every family.”

By Louis Jacobson, Samantha Putterman• May 17, 2024

Social Media stated on September 29, 2024 in a post:

Hurricane Helene was planned to seize land in North Carolina for lithium mining.

By Sara Swann• October 8, 2024

Facebook posts stated on November 27, 2021 in a post:

Electric vehicles are more likely to fail in traffic jams.

By Monique Curet• December 9, 2021

Mike Rogers stated on October 14, 2024 in a debate:

“About 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the state of Michigan will go away with EV mandates.”

By Caleb McCullough• October 18, 2024

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