Jervois Global Ord Shs V.JRV

This thing is at the top of a former glacier

[Zackra]

Your in the Rockies guy's not settting on a beach in Kangraoo land, this should have ben done when it could have ben, tell them Farm you gotta make hay when the sun shines! these mountian passes get 40 feet of snow they could get enough snow that you don't get through next year

[Justhalffull]

Average annual snowfall near the ICO is 14.3 inches.  Hardly enough if it all came at once to close the roads.

[Zackra]

here is a place not far also elevation has more to do with snow how much snow does west yellowstone get

[Justhalffull]

Yes, they get lots of snow in Montana.  They get lots at Whistler too.  But we are talking about Idaho, where the average winter snow is less than 2 feet.  Who cares about Montana unless you are a skier.

[heiworm392]

"Jervois anticipates that weather conditions will have a significant influence on winter construction plans." A lot of us have been here before.  It always starts with the "winter delay excuse".   Everybody is getting excited because Cobalt ticked up. Well....  that is cobalt.  It goes up, but then it crashes. It is most definetely going to crash, and

[materialsgirl]

I agree with your comment about winter. This movie has been played many times before Now. There are tens of thousands of scientists and engineers  working to create a replacement for the lithium battery I expect that one day they will succeed.  I sure hope so. I do think that it will be long after 2030 before a viable  alternative is engineered. There are many barriers. We may

[heworimF92]

materialgirl wrote: "I expect that one day they will succeed." They have already succeeded in replacing Cobalt. People who drive $80,000 Tesla's and Porche's may need 300 miles. Even Tesla Model 3's and Model Y's long range (300+ range) require cobalt today (until the 4680's arrive next year anyway).  However, Tesla standard range Model 3's and Model Y'

[Zackra]

Well we agree on this HE, the market is likly to pass us on EV's, but there will still be amarket for cobalt it's just how much ?