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So if we take a range of estimates for total amount of lithium in the world (4.4M - 165M tons) and "a rule of thumb" of 124 pounds for one vehicle, there is eno
by bd 18y ago
So if we take a range of estimates for total amount of lithium in the world (4.4M - 165M tons) and "a rule of thumb" of 124 pounds for one vehicle, there is enough lithium in the world for concurrently active 78M - 2.9B vehicles.
By some quick googling there is around 600M-700M cars in the world today.
- brentr 18y agoIf we do the math, it appears that Chile stands to make a substantial amount of money. I only hope that the country learned its lesson from the copper boom and bust.