Few years ago the pure lithium produced was 50 THOUSAND tons. I'm sure it's a multiple by now but I'd be surprised if it has gotten to millions. Also once lith

Few years ago the pure lithium produced was 50 THOUSAND tons. I'm sure it's a multiple by now but I'd be surprised if it has gotten to millions. Also once lithium is extracted, it carries energy thousands of times before it needs to be recycled to work thousands of times more and so on. Oil/coal carries the energy ONCE and then it's unmitigated pollution. And you are right that this is about 4 BILLION tons annually. Here is data until 2021. http://www.world-mining-data.info/?World_Mining_Data___Data_Section http://www.world-mining-data.info/?World_Mining_Data___Data_...