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Re:Tesla batteries will live longer than expected, survey finds by llukas on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:13AM (#16900909)
I think your data is bit off:

https://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/lithium/mc...

53M tons of lithium available = 53000M of kg = 5300M of Tesla batteries can be made...

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Re:Tesla batteries will live longer than expected, survey finds by elihu on Monday April 23, 2018 @02:20AM (#16900935)
Also, that's just the lithium deposits we know about now.
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Re:Tesla batteries will live longer than expected, survey finds by greglindahl on Monday April 23, 2018 @06:49PM (#16908189)
Actually, no, that's the lithium deposits that we know can be extracted at the current price. If the price goes up, the reserves rise immediately, because more of what we know becomes extractable.
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