[Petronski]

Rhetorical question:

What is the environmental impact of the manufacture, operation and disposal of the batteries used in these cars?

[inPhase]

"Rhetorical question:

What is the environmental impact of the manufacture, operation and disposal of the batteries used in these cars?"

You are right, there are no free dinners. The cost of the fuel cycle is hidden. The disposal of the heat or the heat management cycle at the manufacturers is hidden. Strip mining is hidden. The new distribution of polutants in the air soil and water is hidden.