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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
There are no rare earths to mine and extract

LiIon batteries have never been based on rare earth material (that would be magnets), so what's the point here?

14 posted on 04/08/2016 6:25:40 PM PDT by Moltke (Reasoning with a liberal is like watering a rock in the hope to grow a building)
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To: Moltke
But were/are used in (at least some) NiMh batteries.

Ford says the rare earth metal Dysprosium, the rarest and most expensive used in Ford vehicles, has been reduced by about 50% in the (newer Li) batteries.

28 posted on 04/08/2016 10:42:12 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OMorgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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