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Politics : Politics of Energy
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To: Hawkmoon who wrote (3776)1/1/2009 3:11:47 PM
From: RetiredNow  Read Replies (1) of 86356
 
We shut down many domestic operations for lithium production, most recently in NC, which is why we are not now a major source for it. Major new finds all around the world have made lithium supplies far larger than current and anticipated demand from electric vehicles. I see that once again, you are practicing the typical GOP tactic of spreading FUD to make your points, which is something you accused the GW proponents of in an earlier post.

lithiumabundance.blogspot.com

This current estimate totals 28.4 million tonnes Li equivalent to more than 150.0 million tonnes of lithium carbonate of which nearly 14.0 million tonnes lithium (about 74.0 million tonnes of carbonate) are at active or proposed operations.

This can be compared with current demand for lithium chemicals which approximates to 84,000 tonnes as lithium carbonate equivalents (16,000 tonnes Li).

Concerns regarding lithium availability for hybrid or electric vehicle batteries or other foreseeable applications are unfounded.
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