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‘Counterproductive Nitwittery’: Mr. Bean Schooled on EVs After Erroneous Op-Ed
Having entertained many of us for years with his ill-fated antics in a Citroen green Mini, Sir Rowan Atkinson (aka Mr. Bean) recently weighed in on the subject of electric vehicles, much to the frustration of those who actually know something about the subject.
“I love electric vehicles—and was an early adopter. But increasingly I feel duped,” wrote Atkinson in an opinion piece for the Guardian that invoked his own early training as an electrical engineer. He referenced the hefty emissions generated in electric vehicle production with no mention of the emissions saved over the life of an EV. He then erroneously declared rare earth metals to be key components for EV batteries, and touted still nascent hydrogen and synthetic fuels as the true path to sustainable motoring.
“Electric propulsion will be of real, global environmental benefit one day, but that day has yet to dawn,” Atkinson concluded.
Swift to contain the actor-comedian’s sudden star-turn as an EV expert, Carbon Brief’s Simon Evans, the Washington Post, and Inside Climate News were all quick to rebut his distortions.
And it hasn’t been just the green team lining up to take the ill-informed article to task.
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