[KC Burke]

So when the electric car nuts dig up all the lithium for batteries it ruins the potential for fusion power plants??!!!

[Kevmo]

NASA has been working on LENR using Lithium
Experimental Measurement of Excess Thermal Energy Released from a Cell Loaded with a Mixture of Nickel Powder and Lithium Aluminum Hydride https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/1504/1504.01261.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352106756_Kodama-LENR-20210412

[Wonder Warthog]

"So when the electric car nuts dig up all the lithium for batteries it ruins the potential for fusion power plants??!!!"

Those batteries will eventually be recycled. In the end, more lithium will be available for use. And it is not like using it as a substrate for cold fusion won't "burn up" many atoms of it.