Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 25, 2023
Some level of mining is necessary to build out zero-emission energy systems, the report concedes, but notes that the volume of extraction is not a given. The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. This boom in demand would be met by the expansion of mining. Riofrancos et al.
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