How much is left?
The LUT-Augsburg researchers examined various models to determine how much lithium remains on Earth, with estimates varying from 30-95 million tons (Mt) as the United States Geological Survey, for instance, indicates total resource stock of 80 Mt.

The researchers modeled four lithium supply scenarios based on the estimates. In their worst-case forecast, no additional lithium resources will be discovered. That would leave humanity 26 Mt of lithium. The other scenarios assumed remaining stock of 41, 56 and 73Mt with the LUT-Augsburg group noting assumptions of 80 Mt and 95 Mt of remaining lithium lacked sufficient rationale and were dismissed.

The group also modeled eight future demand scenarios, factoring in variables including EV adoption, battery second-life uses and recycling and vehicle-to-grid integration. Using the two sets of scenarios, the researchers came up with 18 outcomes, each of which highlighted a different year when lithium supplies would run dry.

Supply and demand would stay balanced for the next decade in all scenarios, the LUT-Augsburg group found, and supply would even exceed demand up to mid century but from that point on, shortages will kick in.

The scenario which assumes 73 Mt of lithium supply left, best policies (recycling, V2G, second-life) implemented and around 3 billion EVs on the road sees lithium fully depleted a few years beyond 2100. If the same policies and number of cars were matched with just 26 Mt of lithium, but recycling efforts would only grow slowly, battery manufacturers will close shops even before 2040.

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Kind of an odd post from the fossil (fuel? ) dept? https://www.science.org/conten...ium%20from%20seawater.

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add a signature since I'm here in profile anyway

Speaking of "left"

Gary's been left behind



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The advance is still not likely cheap enough to compete with mining lithium on land, Liu says.

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-They are both card carrying narcissists.
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it's good to have options.

a guzzler

and an EV

Beatiful.

does anyone make. coal powered car?

It's bad to be a pathological liar.

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-They are both card carrying narcissists.
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duhhhhhhh......you just did herrrrpy derrrrp flopshell

Who needs lithium when we have MAGA Jelly to run our cars? lol

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Edited: 10/01/2022 at 07:32 PM by fishkller

buy lithium stock now.

the price is going up.

spend the money on guzzlers.

it's basic stuff...

^the forum hypocrite pathological liar.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

my Lithium stock is going up.

it's just business.

relax.

^the forum hypocrite pathological liar.

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-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

going up...^

That's unfortunate. Looks like we will all die anyway. But at least progs will make the scammers rich along the way.

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I :heart; Q

Buy Low

Sell High

...good luck with that...it's gambling.

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Thank you...

Yeah...we know you hate Jesus.

He doesn't like gambling but that's what you do.

Lmao!

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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.

Well, No!

You are seriously insane.

Opening any business is a gamble.

Driving a car is a.gamble.

Seek medical attention immediately.

Admitting you have a problem is always difficult.

You have a problem.

so?

We should not grow our battery recycling capabilities slowly, rather they should grow quickly.
No brainer.
We are doing great on that already.

My mechanic will replace the batteries in my Prius for around $900.
He can do that because the old ones are recycled as slow storage, which they have plenty of life left for once they get too weak and slow for a car.

No hurry. only 150K miles on them, they'll last another decade.


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"The truth is incontrovertible.
malice may attack it,
ignorance may deride it,
but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Edited: 10/04/2022 at 12:02 PM by WG