well, to find out, i've been speaking with the executive editor of benchmark mineral intelligence.our time. henry, i want to start with the critics of electric vehicles who talk about the huge cost, not just in dollar terms, but in the cost to the planet in creating these batteries. so the question is — do evs actually add up to benefit the planet in the long—term? yes, they definitely do. if you look at an electric vehicle, number one, you don't have the air pollution issues that you have with internal combustion engines. and air pollution causes millions of deaths all around the world every year. in addition, charging an electric vehicle from renewable energy is much better for the planet than internal combustion engine. as the world moves more towards renewable energy sources and away from fossil fuels, evs will become more and more clean and better for the environment in the long run. henry, at what point does driving an ev pay off, where the savings on carbon emissions outweigh the emissions created in making the car and the batteries? replacing the 2 million vehicles on the r