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by WorkLobster 3251 days ago
> The demand for batteries is already going to stretch the worlds lithium supply

The usual comparison here is that one laptop battery's worth of Lithium is enough to provide an individual's energy need for life. So at current consumption rates, there is enough Li available through traditional mining to supply the world with one thousand years of energy, and closer to one million years' worth if we recover it from seawater.