[ceejayoz]

Alternatives:

Mine somewhere else.

Non-lithium approaches to storing energy.

[crowbahr]

If America is benefiting from the Lithium we should also be mining it at home. Let's not shift our negative cost externalities to a different nation but instead own them.

[peytoncasper]

Do you have examples of portable, non-mined or extracted alternatives to storing energy?

[wibagusto]

Carbohydrates. We can stick a needle in our blood to generate energy for portables.

[rsj_hn]

This is like one step away from the Morlock and Eloi.