Post by
5ilverlining808 on Oct 15, 2022 11:05am
Lithium Reserves.
One day Lithium will die for batteries.
Chile has 9.2 million tons of lithium in total. As a result, it is first in the list of lithium reserves by country by some distance. However, there are some other countries that have significant reserves of lithium, as well. Australia has the second-largest lithium reserves in the world with 5.7 million tons.
In this graph you can see the diff between production and reserves.
https://www.volkswagenag.com/en/news/stories/2020/03/lithium-mining-what-you-should-know-about-the-contentious-issue.html
Because lithium is not an infinite resource. In fact, according to Kipping, once EVs dominate the car market, there's about 70 years' worth of lithium until the identifiedlobal reserves are themselves depleted. 15 Aug 2022.
Comment by
QuarterDollar on Oct 15, 2022 12:33pm
75% of the world's lithium resources are located in Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile. Still trying to figure out how much lithium is required in a battery as there is so much misinformation out there.
Comment by
blueskies on Oct 16, 2022 11:11am
What a cool story, thank you for sharing.