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russdill on Nov 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Tesla runs an entire island on solar power

My bad, I think the 600,000 tonnes figure is the total amount of lithium mined ever. Actual yearly production is closer to 35,000 tonnes.

Here's an excellent discussion with sourced facts and figures http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2010/ph240/eason2/

allan_ on Nov 23, 2016 [–]

Thanks, interesting article. Just read it briefly yet, but it looks like it's author summs up with that there is not even enough Li for building batteries for some billion cars.

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