Mother Earth called me again.
“Greetings,” she proclaimed. “I appreciated Lisa Evans’ column in the Sept. 19 Summit Daily which highlighted concerns about recycling and disposing of digital devices. I visited websites of High County Conservation Center and Drive Electric Colorado which tout the benefits of electric vehicles. Perhaps I missed it, but I don’t believe their websites address the problem of recycling and disposing of the batteries and electronics in EVs.
She continued, “Please tell Eartha that if she thinks there is a problem now with ‘e-waste’, she ain’t seen nothing yet. Just wait ’til the batteries start to fail in all those EVs that are being promoted! How ‘bout a column about The Plan (if there is one) your nation has to solve the environmental impact and cost of recycling and disposing of all the hazardous materials in those…