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RE: Debunking The Elon Musk Meme
uhh the actual research shows that the amount of harmful toxins generated building the batteries for those time bombs is considerably worse than anything we are currently doing, and here is a really important quesion that nobody is asking, what in the hell are we gonna do with all of those 600lb batteries when they go bad in 3 to 5 years, you wanna talk about some industrial waste that is also highly caustic and flamable.
Worse than Chernobyl and Fukushima? Where is that "actual research"?
what does nuclear energy have to do with combustion engines ?
Lithium batteries are poster boys for recycling. That's what we're gonna do with them.
Infernal combustion engines are also recyclable, and that's what's done with them, too.
However, it does not make any economic sense to recycle the batteries. Batteries contain only a small fraction of lithium carbonate as a percent of weight and are inexpensive compared to cobalt or nickel. The average lithium cost associated with Li-ion battery production is less than 3% of the production cost.Aug 1, 2011
The Lithium Battery Recycling Challenge - Waste Management World