All I now is China is digging vast holes in Australia in the quest for lithium.
The USA will issue a federal tax on lithium disposal and another on new purchases. Do I look stupid? There will be excise tax on electricity. There will be a renewable energy tax on electricity and many other charges disguised perhaps as IPD, PPR, NDS, SOL, and others. There will be punitive taxes on LPG, natural gas and automobile registration. Hell let's not stop there: Property tax will go federal, state, county and city. Tax the snot out of petroleum, plastics, shingles and road asphalt.
Your shiny new Tesla Testosterone Ultra is going to end up costing you fifty cents a mile to drive. Plug in? When you do it it's going to connect your BCU computer to central database and much like a demand electrical meter, it's gonna suck your blood and guts. Refuse to pay and no conectee power to your lithium. Generator? The fourteen dollar a gallon rationed polluting gasoline will cool your heels.
GOVment? Oh yeah they'll step right up and demand lower energy costs so they can gut their own revenue.
Oil? They're going to complain about running 90% less crude while earning the same amount? Cost of maintenance 90% less. Oh yassir they'll holler and scream for sure. Count on it.
