[ag315]

It's not just lithium that's the problem; copper is also a major component, and we don't have nearly enough of that either.

A full transition to electric vehicles is not viable with current technologies. If we can make a big leap in solid state battery technology then that could make all the difference, but the viability of those is being continuously postponed.

[nickspicer1993]

I have dug into this rabbit hole recently and haven't seen any studies indicating Copper is going to be a problem, do you have a source? Cheers

[stcredzero]

In one of his most recent videos, Peter Zeihan cites some things, which actually make me question his objectivity in this matter.

    - He claims that graphite will be a problem. I'm not sure if this will
      be if we divert coal and petroleum away from energy to graphite, which
      would sequester that carbon.
    - He's not aware that the aluminum industry has made plans to become 
      carbon neutral. I'm not sure if they really mean it, but they've
      made plans.
    - He claims that at no point in history, has the world doubled the 
      availability of a resource by a factor of 2 in 10 years. This just
      strikes me as fishy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf85EuQKWeQ

[dgudkov]

>A full transition to electric vehicles is not viable with current technologies.

So maybe, just maybe, Toyota wasn't that wrong by not going full gung-ho about EVs.