First of all, OK, but instead of designing a plan to reduce consumption (maybe I'll tag you in my dumb, naive little plan I'll post later today or tomorrow?), because of climate change, you believe climate change is good, thus oil and gas are fine. Corrections welcome.

40,000 tones of ores x 100 million units annually = 4E12 kg ore annually. Earth mass = 5.972E24 kg, so there are mos def some viable years ahead, even if crustal veins of lithium are pretty damn rare. Make it to the mantle and it's EZ-PZ (see below link). It's an industry.

Do you know how the battery industry(ies) breaks down as subsidized vs. profit? I don't. It seems complex, quickly changing, and perhaps even a bit intentionally obfuscated. Majority from profit? almost sorry for source.

So yeah, also focus on reducing emissions and pollution from REE mining. We need more honest case studies in what carbon emissions vs. battery production looks like right now, but doing so probably conflicts with the interests of both sides of the argument, no? Know any good studies?

At least there's tech like regenerative braking that is objectively cool.