[iancmceachern]

This is reducto ad absurdum. I'm not proposing that.

I'm proposing we put equal effort into both. My expectation is that we don't currently.

75% of all aluminum ever made is still in use. We should be able to do that with lithium too.

[zaroth]

I was responding to when you said “before we make any more big, environmentally hazardous mines”.

The recycling effort is highly profitable, there’s little need to subsidize it. It will simply grow and consume all available supply.

Large scale lithium battery storage is still truly just getting started. We need to be super smart with lining up supply for essential inputs for growth.

[iancmceachern]

Then why hasn't it been keeping up? It seems that lithium recycling is way behind exploration and mining. Why? It's highly profitable as you say, are there technology limitations?

[Sabinus]

There isn't enough material yet for a large robust recycling industry, and collection of small batteries is still an issue.