However the scale of the distinction between the eventualities is fairly eye-opening. Take the distinction between the worst case and what the examine considers “status quo,” for instance. With regards to lithium, in a establishment situation the place folks drive as a lot as they do now, we’ll want 306,000 tons in 2050. If batteries get larger, that quantity might inflate to 483,000 tons—50% extra.
We’re not going to expire of the supplies we have to manufacture batteries, however each mine we’d like…