To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA
The notion of “peak lithium” will eventually have been shown to be as wrong-headed as every other claim of depleted resources. The reason — technological change, substitution, and other adaptive measures. Maybe so, but if I'm the guy who's got to let his electric car sit idle for a few years while the new tech comes online, I'm *NOT* going to be a happy camper! :O
26 posted on
09/01/2012 6:48:47 PM PDT by
The Duke
To: The Duke
It might be worse. It might be that the current cars couldn’t even run on the new things. Or cell phones. Or laptops. That’s alot of full dumpsters.
Me, personally, I HATE wasting stuff. If it still has good life/use in it, I try to keep it going. Got a couple laptops running WIN/ME that I use only for older games, etc. Work just fine.
27 posted on
09/01/2012 7:07:26 PM PDT by
djf
(The barbarian hordes will ALWAYS outnumber the clean-shaven. And they vote.)
To: The Duke
That's not gonna happen!
To: The Duke
Study says cost of lithium ion batteries could drop by two-thirds
http://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/study-says-cost-of-lithium-ion-batteries-could-drop-by-two-thirds/
"According to the study, published by McKinsey Research, the price of a “complete automotive lithium ion battery pack” could drop from the current price of $500 to $600 per kilowatt hour to $200 per kWh by 2020."
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