Are you preparing to buy an electric car yet?

@SlaveEt United States is already announced they’re gonna start mining bigger than ever ever

@Funlov
Ah, but most of the rare earth metals needed aren't in the US in larger enough quantities. China has 'em though. Funny thing.

@SlaveEt know for sure, but the US has lots to and so do we here in Canada mine is going to become a big thing going to replace coal

@Funlov
I hope not

@SlaveEt me too

@Funlov might be good for the economy? (Whatever that is)
I think lithium is a very common element, shame it's so dirty and volotile

@Scarfface yes, I agree with you

@Scarfface Volatile? What do you mean?

@SlaveEt No, don’t count on it. Money talks bullshit walks, corporate greed and politicians lining their pockets giving lip service.

@SlaveEt [quote]I figure when they start showing the lithium mines, and the labor and labor conditions used to produce these batteries, this idea will die rather quickly. [/quote] Well I hope you haven't forgotten the millions who have died as coal, oil, and gas companies, especially in Africa, came in, forced people off their land, and polluted their air and water supply all in the name of "progress".

Oh and by the way, the lithium mines also supply the lithium for the battery of your phone...

@SW-User
Nope, didn't forget that part. Not sure why we'd want to do it again either, especislly when we will still need all those "icky, dirty" fuels to power the new "clean energy"🤷‍♀️

@ninalanyon I think I meant it's not clean and easy to manage. It explodes if not stored and handled properly and it's a nightmare to dispose of.

@Scarfface That's the battery, not the lithium. Lithium when not in the battery is not especially difficult to handle and when in the battery is really not as dangerous as people seem to think. Also the risk of battery fires has been talked up by the media while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of fires that occur in ICE vehicles every year.

Not sure where you get the idea that lithium explodes from. Anyway there are already battery recycling facilities and these have demonstrated that recycling lithium batteries is practical, safe, economical, and that the product is at least as good as batteries made from newly extracted lithium. Batteries that have reached the end of their lives do not need to be disposed of they will be recycled because they are more valuable than the raw materials from which they were made.

@SlaveEt More lithium is produced from purification of lithium salts dissolved in brine pumped to the surface and evaporated than is produced my mining lithium ore. This can be made quite clean if the regulations and enforcement are strict enough.

@SlaveEt exactly, they use children also . It’s a dangerous slow death

@Driver2
Yep, they sure do