As opposed to the fuel of ICE engines which is literally just burned away into the atmosphere causing the earth to warm, and people to die from heat?
I think there is a back of the napkin calculations you can make here. How many ICE engines are actually rebuilt after they die? How much fuel does the average ICE engine spend? How does this compare to a battery ending up in a landfill?
Also worth considering—since you are giving the ICE engine the benefit of being recycled/rebuilt—batteries can be recycled, whether they will be is up to your government’s policy. You should perhaps include that in you back of the napkin calculations.
The median age of the average car on the road in the US today is over 12 years. Independent mechanics everywhere are buying and installing rebuilt ICE vehicle engines on a daily basis; you will face no particular difficulty in sourcing one for pretty much any vehicle more than a year old.
I'm not saying this can't be - someday - true for EVs, but it's disingenuous to try and throw mud at the fact that this absolutely is the case for ICE cars today.
I think there is a back of the napkin calculations you can make here. How many ICE engines are actually rebuilt after they die? How much fuel does the average ICE engine spend? How does this compare to a battery ending up in a landfill?
Also worth considering—since you are giving the ICE engine the benefit of being recycled/rebuilt—batteries can be recycled, whether they will be is up to your government’s policy. You should perhaps include that in you back of the napkin calculations.