Everything is better than fossil fuels :)
But yes and no. Batteries are not trivial to recycle plus there is more and more demand. Also a lot of rare earths are concentrated mainly in a single country (i.e. China).
LFPs and new technologies to the rescue such as sodium.
We don’t have mass lithium ion battery recycling yet because there hasn’t been enough Li+ batteries to begin recycling. As more massive batteries reach end of life it will develop. You know, since a Li+ battery has lithium concentrations several order of magnitude higher than any lithium ore you will find in any mine.
Everything is better than fossil fuels :) But yes and no. Batteries are not trivial to recycle plus there is more and more demand. Also a lot of rare earths are concentrated mainly in a single country (i.e. China). LFPs and new technologies to the rescue such as sodium.
We don’t have mass lithium ion battery recycling yet because there hasn’t been enough Li+ batteries to begin recycling. As more massive batteries reach end of life it will develop. You know, since a Li+ battery has lithium concentrations several order of magnitude higher than any lithium ore you will find in any mine.
Spot-on!
Alas, I’ve written my last comment before I read yours.
Do you think it’s easier to
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Where do you think will be the higher concentration of lithium?