Nelo Magalhães, environmental history researcher: "We extract far more materials to build and maintain transport infrastructure than oil to power the vehicles on them."
Believing that we can preserve the environment by replacing our thermal vehicles with electric models is an illusion if we ignore the colossal material weight of our roads, says the researcher in an article in Le Monde.
We haven't written up this one. Le Monde Economie has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
