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		epistasis on April 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: ‘Insanely cheap energy’: solar power continues to ... And most of our lithium doesn't come from proper "reserves" but from what is categorized as "resources," which is several times the quantity of "reserves." I don't know how much lithium is out there but we've barely even begun looking and there's never been demand for much in the past.

oblio on April 25, 2021 [–]

> At 20 mg lithium per kg of Earth's crust,[45] lithium is the 25th most abundant element.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium

I'm too lazy to do the math, but that's probably enough lithium to plate the entire planet with it if we want to :-)

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