The Lion's Pride Volume 9 (January 2018) | Page 74

Unfortunately, no state in the U.S. is completely free of coal power
(see Fig. 3). Drivers living in the Midwest, especially Texas, might want
to think twice about plugging in an EV.
Fig. 3. This map shows coal powered electricity in the U.S. in 2011.
(Sourcewatch, Map)
According to Johana Bhuiyan, writer for Recode.net, “over a half-
million Electric Vehicles have been sold in the U.S. to date, more than
seven times the number sold in 2012.” If this rate continues, there will
be over 1 million EVs on U.S. roads within the next 3 years. The amount
of resources to create batteries and power doesn’t seem to be going
down any time soon. New methods of battery manufacturing are being
developed, but not fast enough to replace current vehicle production. To
put salt on the wound, the same types of batteries are used in mobile
phones and other electronics. Eco-conscious consumers thinking about