[Ligma123]

I'm still missing an answer on how are we supposed to source all the minerals like lithium, copper, etc, without an increase in the usage of petrochemicals and keeping it carbon neutral.

[martin_a]

Why do you think we'll still be using Lithium for batteries in the future? There might be better technologies up ahead.

[TheLoafOfBread]

So that's your plan, waiting on a miracle?

[ChemSpider]

No miracle is needed:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium-ion_battery

The sodium-ion battery (NIB or SIB) is a type of rechargeable battery that uses sodium ions (Na+) as its charge carriers. Its working principle and cell construction are almost identical with those of lithium-ion battery (LIB) types, but replace lithium with sodium.

You can buy a car with this battery type already:

https://www.caixinglobal.com/2023-02-27/volkswagen-jac-ventu...

[jabl]

Was going to say this. Sodium batteries are looking extremely interesting.

[Tiktaalik]

I wonder if the pool table makers were asking this question when we banned Elephant hunting.

[martin_a]

It looks like Nio is going to use solid-state batteries from 2024 onward. That seems pretty tangible to me. BMW and Ford are said to be working on integrating batteries of this type, too. No miracles necessary.

[kybernetyk]

Simple: feed Africa so they create more children to work in lithium and cobalt mines.

[Ligma123]

>Simple: feed Africa

We already do [0].

[0] https://www.wfp.org/