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		Baeocystin on Aug 25, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Tesla's 'long-haul' electric truck aims for 200 to... I found an excellent Quora answer that dealt directly with this. Well worth a look-over. https://www.quora.com/Is-there-enough-lithium-in-the-world-t... tl;dr- Lithium supply (in terms of raw quantity of element available) is not going to be an issue, ever. Economical extraction might be.

eru on Aug 25, 2017 [–]

And you can make batteries out of other materials. At current prices lithium might be best, but more demand will lead to different prices; and if lithium supply doesn't pick up, people will substitute.

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