Totally worth it.
Most of the cells are nickel in current battery electric vehicles in the USA.
In the near future most standard non-performance cars will be mostly lead and easier to recycle. Further into the future maybe sodium-ion batteries.
This article doesn’t discuss the work of leading edge companies in this space like Redwood Materials.
Gasoline/Diesel vehicles is the lifeblood of Russian and Muslim armies/terrorist.
Oil is a global fungible product where price is based on global demand and supply not local demand and supply.
The purchase of a gallon of gasoline anywhere in the world supports the price of a barrel of oil everywhere in the world.
How do you generate the electricity