Non-renewable Lithium...Fact.
Since EV’s are on the rise (no magic - thanks only to the invention of the high density Lithium battery), and knowing that Lithium is a limited non-renewable resource, besides wishful thinking, I wond...
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garyemunson wrote:
This entire thread should be deleted as it is based on the right wing talking point of "EVs bad!". The statement "can't be recycled" is totally false. Many companies have started successful recycling programs and here in Nevada where I live, lithium mining by evaporating salts is big business utilizing the old "poison waterholes" from old Western movies to get some use out of lifeless, desolate wasteland area. Myself, I have been driving electric over 7 years now, the last two getting fueled for free from our rooftop solar. The carbon industry is scared to death of electric vehicles wiping away their livelyhood and so are car dealers as, like I can assure you from my personal use, maintainance and repair of electric vehicles is a tiny fraction of that of petroleum cars. Most electric cars never get their brakes replaced unless parts rust off from age.
https://www.instituteforenergyresearch.org/renewable/the-afterlife-of-electric-vehicles-battery-recycling-and-repurposing/
“Right wing talking point”??, “delete entire thread” (thread censorship)??, “EV’s bad”??, “carbon industry scared to death”??
Sounds to me more like a response from a triggered, thread discussion Gate-Keeper, or someone who may see a ‘carbon boogieman’ behind every tree...JMO
If one can skip past the virtue signaling and self-promotion, this thread has helped illuminate this important natural resource issue...No doubt the demand for Li will only increase, while it’s highly possible that newer battery technologies will eventually address this resource challenge...
