All the metals mined in 2021 - infographic

All the metals mined in 2021.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...210#post207881
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...859#post186857
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...411#post204689
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...724#post193898

With consideration for the growing reliance on rechargeable electric transportation, I can see that lithium number jumping dramatically. Wonder if there is even enough to get us very many years down the road?

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Originally Posted by mlochala

With consideration for the growing reliance on rechargeable electric transportation, I can see that lithium number jumping dramatically. Wonder if there is even enough to get us very many years down the road?

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You're not supposed to ask questions like that it makes their heads explode

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Originally Posted by mlochala

With consideration for the growing reliance on rechargeable electric transportation, I can see that lithium number jumping dramatically. Wonder if there is even enough to get us very many years down the road?

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Cobalt is an even larger component of an EV battery. That said battery technology is in a state of rapid flux, so there's no telling what the next generation of batteries will be composed of. In fact batteries may not be batteries at all (at least, in the conventional sense) as capacitor tech is showing promise, too. And the technology is out there to build roads with charging coils built in, so vehicles charge as they drive (or feed directly off the highway grid). That would allow much smaller batteries to accommodate travel for shorter stints on "off-grid" roadways.