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> Lithium is a mine once, use forever resource. It's an element. It will cost energy to recycle it It's not at all obvious to me that recycling is easy/practic
by jeffreyrogers 6y ago
> Lithium is a mine once, use forever resource. It's an element. It will cost energy to recycle it
It's not at all obvious to me that recycling is easy/practical. E.g. recycling the alloy from alloy steel is not done because it is too costly to separate. I'm not sure why batteries would be much different.
- SV_BubbleTime 6y ago> It's not at all obvious to me that recycling is easy/practical. It’s not. Other poster is just ignoring reality that it’s currently cheaper to use new lithium than to recover it.