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Re:How Australia became the world’s greatest lithium supplier by throwanapple on Friday November 11, 2022 @01:01PM (#33564269)
I came across this before:

- The Mining of Minerals and the Limits to Growth (https://tupa.gtk.fi/raportti/arkisto/16_2021.pdf)

Re:How Australia became the world’s greatest lithium supplier by beefield on Friday November 11, 2022 @01:41PM (#33564859)
Just to note, that is making pretty questionable assumptions to get to the conclusion that there are not enough metals. For example, they assume that there is a set need of cobalt/nickel per kWh of lithium batteries, which obviously is completely false (see LFP chemistry). They also use 2018 reserves as the yardstick, completely oblivious to the fact that already by 2021 the lithium reserves had increased compared to 2018 by more than what their own numbers say a generation of EVs need.