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To: karpov

Can’t be done.
There probably isn’t enough Lithium in the world to make it happen


5 posted on 11/17/2020 10:28:47 AM PST by Zathras
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To: Zathras

Actually, the world’s proven reserves of lithium are enough to create 4 billion cars. Most people are so used to fuels being consumed, but Lithium is not a fuel and it is not consumed. You can drive your car for 20 years and 500,000 miles, and there will be every bit as much lithium as when it was brand new. Repurifying it may be as expensive as hell, AFAIK, but it’s still there.


10 posted on 11/17/2020 11:10:11 AM PST by dangus
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To: Zathras

What I just wrote presumes 9 pounds of lithium per battery at global proven reserves of 17 millon tons... just double-checked and found that with a surge in lithium-finding funding in the last few years, there’s an estimated 80 million tons of lithium.


11 posted on 11/17/2020 11:15:01 AM PST by dangus
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To: Zathras

...on the other hand there won’t be enough lithium in the world for anti-=depressants if Trump actually wins and melts all the snowflakes.


12 posted on 11/17/2020 11:16:12 AM PST by dangus
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To: Zathras

How about potato batteries?


15 posted on 11/17/2020 12:02:10 PM PST by Cold Heart
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