Isn’t this article quite pointless considering everyone is aware of the current Lithium resource limitations and new technologies targeted to replace lithium ar

Isn’t this article quite pointless considering everyone is aware of the current Lithium resource limitations and new technologies targeted to replace lithium are already emerging? For example the Sodium Ion batteries hit the news recently. Similar to oil, we can all speculate what is the remaining capacity we haven’t extracted but eventually it all comes down to - can we get it cheaper somewhere else and preferably using own resources instead of paying 3rd party (country)?