[rr-geil-j]

If there's something I've had to accept is that at the end of the day, societal changes are realized either because the alternative causes financial losses or the "new thing" will bring in higher profit. For example, "pink money"[1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_money

[benj111]

I'm not sure you've established cause and effect here. Theres plenty of dirty money around, that hasn't made it socially more acceptable.

[rr-geil-j]

I'm not saying that involving money with any X will make X socially acceptable. My comment is specific to most social causes which only gain traction not because of goodwill but because there is a threat of financial/economic losses and/or promise of financial/economic gains. Primary example of 'threats' would be business disruption through protests and boycotts, while the opposite will be promotion and recommendation. Or in the case of this article, people might be convinced of using EVs because there is threat of higher oil prices, not because the environment is being destroyed.

[rowan647]

Who owns the supply of minerals required to make electric car batteries?

Does anyone know?

[adrianN]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium#Terrestrial