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Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by shiftpgdn on Monday November 04, 2019 @12:09PM (#21443735)
Lithium is easily sustainable to mine and there are wildly ample amounts of reserves in the US. Almost all negative articles about vehicle electrification are hit pieces that intentionally conflate lithium and rare earth materials like Cobalt.
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Re:Flood of Oil Is Coming, Complicating Efforts to Fight Glo... by Robotbeat on Monday November 04, 2019 @03:00PM (#21445808)
I agree with you, but Cobalt is not a rare earth material.

And just to reiterate: lithium is abundant, widely distributed, and cobalt isn't required for batteries (LiFePO4 is a common chemistry, uses no cobalt, and has very long cycle life... good especially for grid applications).

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