Our “cheap” energy, which previously came from the sun by direct radiation or indirectly through photosynthesis, whether from burning wood or oil, or from eating grass, oats, or bread, will never be topped by these alternative schemes, IMHO.
And yeah, the average cotozen usually doesn’t even know how to spell lithium, let alone be impressed by its impact.
Besides the fact that the irrational government fear of “Lithium-6 proliferation” is being used as an excuse to prevent the next big leap forward.
Being in bed with oil doesn’t help. But it is what it is...