going green
Long hard limits
How long until electric vehicles replace the internal combustion engine?
5 years? 10?
20? 30?
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50?? 100???
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More like 10,000.
It takes over 10,000 years to mine enough lithium1 to build enough batteries to replace the current road fleet2.
This week, I listened to an interview with Dr Simon Michaux which blew my mind:
https://pca.st/episode/88995b09-26e9-4afe-837e-711a90be0b71
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Other types of battery are possible - see podcast for details
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Assuming the Earth doesn't run out of lithium in the meantime.