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What kind of implications does that have? Is molybdenum very expensive to use in batteries?
by strig 7y ago
What kind of implications does that have? Is molybdenum very expensive to use in batteries?
- Kirby64 7y agoIt's quite a bit less common on earth than either Cobalt or Lithium, and currently pretty much all of it is used for metallurgy or lubrication. Roughly an order of magnitude less common than either Cobalt or Lithium (~20ppm vs. 1.5ppm). EDIT: Also, per wiki, we produce almost 2x the amount per annum of Moly than we do of Cobalt, so presumably we're a lot closer to hitting a ceiling than we are with Cobalt/Lithium.
- ajurna 7y agonaive question but could we resolve this with asteroid mining?