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What happens to all the waste from old lithium batteries? And how about the costs of mining (both human and environmental?) https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/pag
by briandear 6y ago
What happens to all the waste from old lithium batteries? And how about the costs of mining (both human and environmental?)
https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/page/batteries-create-critical-cobalt-situation/5749.html https://www.miningnewsnorth.com/page/batteries-create-critic...
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/partner-content-audi-nl-the-cost-of-batteries/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2019/10/partner-c...
- pabs3 6y agoPresumably they will get recycled: https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-of-the-brains-behind-tesla-found-a-new-way-to-make-electric-cars-cheaper-11598673630?mod=djemalertNEWS https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-of-the-brains-behind-tesla-... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24316056 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24316056
- petre 6y agoPresumably never works. Only the nuclear operations need to pay decomissioning and long term storage costs upfront.