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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by maratd on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:10PM (#18621655)
> The li-ion externalities is mostly incurred once when mining.

I agree with your comment, but lithium is not mined. This is a common misconception and should be noted since we're chatting about externalities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium#Extraction

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by mehwoot on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:04PM (#18623364)
Actually, this has changed since the price of lithium increased 300% since 2014. Australia now has operating lithium mines, and there are mines in construction in portugal too.

http://www.lithiummine.com/lithium-mining-in-australia

http://www.savannahresources.com/assets/mina-do-barroso/

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