Solar and wind are not about cheap, reliable, plentiful energy...they are meant to reduce access to all of those things....

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How much lithium is needed to replace all internal combustion engines in the world?

You can't simply calculate how many electric vehicles (EV) batteries are needed for the worldwide fleet to replace internal combustion engines. First of all there is no exact number of internal combustion engines in the world. Secondly there is variability in the battery size of EV batteries...

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How many years would it take to mine enough lithium to make enough batteries to replace all of the internal combustion engines in the world?

The current rate of mining lithium is 100,000 metric tons. The amount of lithium needed to replace all internal combustion engines is 17,712,640 metric tons. So the number of years to mine enough lithium to replace all internal combustion engines is 177 years (17,712,640 metric tons divided...

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Vanadium makes better batteries ... but you're against scientific progress ... "pave paradise, put up a parking lot" ... besides, all your numbers above are still TEN TIMES to large ... we're removing 90% of passenger vehicles OFF the road, they won't need batteries ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

 

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Vanadium makes better batteries ... but you're against scientific progress ... "pave paradise, put up a parking lot" ... besides, all your numbers above are still TEN TIMES to large ... we're removing 90% of passenger vehicles OFF the road, they won't need batteries ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

Yes, I like to burn scientists at the stake as witches.

 

[ReinyDays]

Yes, I like to burn scientists at the stake as witches.

Just the women, right ... for the men we drag, hang and quarter ...

You didn't answer ... how many years oil supply is left? ... all I know is we're finding oil faster than we're burning it ... how long will that last? ...

 

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Just the women, right ... for the men we drag, hang and quarter ...

You didn't answer ... how many years oil supply is left? ... all I know is we're finding oil faster than we're burning it ... how long will that last? ...

No telling. They haven't predicted peak oil correctly yet. But if I had to guess it will peak either by the end of this century or next. Of course natural gas is a whole other story. Probably 500 years or more of that.

 

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Vanadium makes better batteries ... but you're against scientific progress ... "pave paradise, put up a parking lot" ... besides, all your numbers above are still TEN TIMES to large ... we're removing 90% of passenger vehicles OFF the road, they won't need batteries ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ...

How are we removing 90% of passenger vehicles?