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Wrong. “It is estimated that the U.S. alone will need 500,000 metric tons per year of unrefined lithium by 2034 just to power EVs. The U.S. produces just a fra
by gjsman-1000 3y ago
Wrong.
“It is estimated that the U.S. alone will need 500,000 metric tons per year of unrefined lithium by 2034 just to power EVs. The U.S. produces just a fraction of that today. The current global production of lithium in 2020 was about 440,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate equivalent (LCE, contains about 18% of pure lithium), and not all of that is in pure enough form for batteries, according to Chris Doornbos, president, and CEO of E3 Metals Corp, a lithium extraction firm located in Calgary, Canada, which plans to produce battery-grade lithium hydroxide.”
As he said, we are not just below the amount necessary, but much of what is produced can't meet spec.
https://www.onecharge.biz/blog/u-s-role-in-global-lithium-battery-manufacturing/ https://www.onecharge.biz/blog/u-s-role-in-global-lithium-ba...
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- bryanlarsen 3y agoIn your first comment you said "the world's Lithium". Now you're saying "US produces". That's a massive difference. US production rounds to about 0% of the world's production. The vast majority is done in China, Chile and Australia.
- gjsman-1000 3y agoPoint to where because I don't see your argument. "it would take the <world's> entire supply of Lithium produced per year, just to allow for half of new cars <sold in the US> alone be electric" "It is estimated that the <U.S. alone will need 500,000 metric tons per year> of unrefined lithium by 2034 just to power EVs... <current global production> of lithium in 2020 was about 440,000 metric tons..."
- bryanlarsen 3y agoI guess you're saying that Chinese cars take < 1/8 of the Lithium that American cars would? Which implies that your source thinks the average American car will need an F-150 Lightning sized battery?