Number one Lithium mining country in the world? Australia.
Lithium Ion is the current technology powering our Smart Phones.....for now.
But ask Samsung if they are going to go looking for an alternative?
Lithium Ion has the best power for size ratio out there, but it has inherent dangers, the chemicals in them will thermo-genically react and melt your phone. Hence the Note 7 issue.
The Note 7 is not alone, they just had a higher failure rate. Google “Any Smartphone” and “Fire”.
The media went after Samsung almost as hard as they go after Trump. Samsung pulled the plug on the Note 7, the media once on a narrative cant control themselves, I can see them going after Apple next.
And this thermo failure also has effected the Hybrid and Electric car industry.
This was predicted. There simply is not enough Lithium to power autos.
Australia? Kangaroos eating vegetation with lithium. When they don’t get it...