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Re:'We don’t have enough' lithium globally to meet EV target... by orn688 on Sunday September 11, 2022 @09:19AM (#32799385)
Certainly it might not make sense to build extensive public transit in or between every tiny town in Wyoming.

But within individual cities, or areas like the Northeast Corridor, the density is comparable to areas of Europe with fantastic public transit.

The issue is car-centric policy and culture, not lack of potential demand.

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Re:'We don’t have enough' lithium globally to meet EV target... by billythemaniam on Sunday September 11, 2022 @09:29AM (#32799462)
Fighting against human nature is the hardest. You know what is next hardest? Fighting culture. Even if culture can be changed, it takes a least one generation or ~30 years and often longer. I'm really not that interested in what the problem is theoretically. I'm interested in effectiveness. Ramping up of mining to build batteries to put a huge dent in CO2 emissions at the expense of localized environmental damage? That's effective. Not perfect or ideal, but it is effective because it is the path of least resistance.
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