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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by marshray on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:31PM (#18624357)
Lithium is one of the more common elements in the Earth's crust. More abundant than many familiar everyday materials like copper.

Sure, extracting copper has costs too, but I don't see the same handwringing about that.

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Re:Tesla's giant battery saved $40M during its first year, r... by kiriakasis on Friday December 07, 2018 @05:32AM (#18626497)
so is silicon, yet it is expensive.
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