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> - The world has enough lithium for our electric vehicles, decades into the future.

We are sitting on a huge pile of matter, the earth. We have enough of every mineral to last us more than just 'decades'. (Remember the 'peak phosphorus' panic a few years ago?)

Your second point is the more interesting question: what are the costs of extraction? Is available supply keeping up?



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