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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by RobinL on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:43AM (#28905351)
Not that long.

For a fairly typical UK car, it's about 25,000 km (15,000 miles).

You can see the calculation and play with the assumptions here: https://www.robinlinacre.com/carbon_electric_car/

The average UK car does about 20k miles in its first year.

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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by jfklsdfjsdf on Monday October 18, 2021 @10:15AM (#28905636)
Do you have any sources for your "ICE uplift" default value of 50%? I'd also be curious to know where you got your numbers for manufacturing CO2 from.
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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by RobinL on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:36AM (#28906568)
Yes - the main source is a 2020 EU report. The hyperlink has changed since I published the above, but you can find it here: https://op.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1f4... If I remember correctly, I think you can see it in the 'fuel production cycle' part of figure ES5.
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