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777 · Jan 31, 2021

InTheLight said: ↑

As far as China blackmailing the world for the minerals needed for batteries, more ignorance on display. The critical mineral is lithium. Lithium is found primarily in South America, Australia, USA, and Mexico.
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gone for good, I'm afraid but some of the things he said aren't holding true. Light claimed that there weren't any more federal subsidies for electric cars but:

Federal Tax Credits for Electric and Plug-in Hybrid Cars

and this wiki table contradicts the lithium claims

Owing to continuing exploration, identified lithium resources have increased substantially worldwide and total about 80 million tons. Lithium resources in the United States—from continental brines, geothermal brines, hectorite, oilfield brines, and pegmatites—are 6.8 million tons. Lithium resources in other countries have been revised to 73 million tons. Lithium resources, in descending order, are: Bolivia, 21 million tons; Argentina, 17 million tons; Chile, 9 million tons; Australia, 6.3 million tons; China, 4.5 million tons; Congo (Kinshasa), 3 million tons; Germany, 2.5 million tons; Canada and Mexico, 1.7 million tons each; Czechia, 1.3 million tons; Mali, Russia, and Serbia, 1 million tons each; Zimbabwe, 540,000 tons; Brazil, 400,000 tons; Spain, 300,000 tons; Portugal, 250,000 tons; Peru, 130,000 tons; Austria, Finland and Kazakhstan, 50,000 tons each; and Namibia, 9,000 tons.
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https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2020/mcs2020-lithium.pdf

now the technology is improving but not fast enough to meet GM's goals. Not impressed with these powerful golf cars, hydrogen powered vehicles are the way to go but that's even further off.

RighteousnessTemperance& · Jan 31, 2021

Seems this thread should include this reference:

Democrats GND will ruin country, not enough electricity to power everything by renewables, not ever

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