RE:RE:RE:Energy excluding nuclear:Lithium will displace oil/gasolineYou are most welcome peterstockhouse. I enjoy reading your posts and my opinions are just that...opinions. None of us can really see the future..if we did we would all be billionairres. My cautions are more concerned with the relentless march of technology. I have seen in my lifetime whole industires vanich and brand new ones appear all because of changes in technology. Remember the cassette tape, VCR's, Blockbuster video rentals to name but a few.....great businesses all of them but wiped out by technology. And who can forget Kodak...eliminated by its own technological invention - the digital camera.
So the lesson learned is do not bank on technology staying the same...it never does and what I am 100% sure of is that there is some scientist beavering away right now on the solution to charging electric cars in seconds that can run for days. Supercapacitors do that and they do not need exotic elements like Lithium and Cobalt.
Really good discussion though PeterS and your ideas are much appreciated.
M