Re:Does the world have enough lithium to move to electric ve...
by rsj_hn on Thursday January 05, 2023 @04:38PM
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People also like when they can go to a coffee shop and the barista shows up, even when it's raining, and that the bags of coffee are delivered on time, and that their Amazon packages are delivered and that their local grocery is staffed by workers who may live far away and can commute to work and sell them tomatoes grown in South America delivered right to their local neighborhood, which were carried on trucks to the local port in Brazil before loaded onto ship, sailing to a nearby port, loaded onto a train, and then shipped by a truck to the grocery. They take it all for granted that they are living in a modern industrial economy that is made possible by cars and trucks.
It's a classic case of not taking into account enormous externalities.
It's a classic case of not taking into account enormous externalities.