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Originally Posted by JamesNoBrakes
‘Whataboutism’ mixed with some mathematical strawman for good measure. The scale of damage caused by fossil fuel extraction and use is many many orders of magnitude more than mining issues. Yes, if this is their position, they are wrong. Toyota is literally the only one of hundreds of industrial manufacturers going against hedging development of EV technology. This makes it highly unlikely that they are "right". IMO, Toyota put a lot of resources towards H2 a long time ago and is trying to show some payoff for their development and R&D costs, the classic sunk cost issue.
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The electric vehicle will leave scars on the surface of this planet like no other activity before.
The oil is a little baby compare with what mining for lithium and other metals does to this planet.
At least an oil field can be reforested and give back to the nature if properly managed. Mining sites like Russian ones or Peru or Chile with hundreds of square km of lakes of acids will destroy forever the face of the earth.
That's beside the point that producing this electric car leave a bigger environment impact than an ICE vehicle.
Please watch 'Global Warning" documentary