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Alternative Energy Storage: Cheap Continues to Outperform Cool

On Aug 03 09:20 AM Davewmart wrote:
According to the mining companies Chemetall and SQM, lithium reserves are currently estimated to be between 14 and 17 million tonnes.

I have to challenge these reserve figures.
A quick check on Wikipedia comes up with 11m, and figures from my 2005 link come up with *13.4m.
These include lithium that is unobtainable for extraction with current know how , but does include the Bolivian reserves that are not currently available.

I also have to challenge you with the claims of $32 a kilo for lithium from seawater. It is claimed that it's $95 from present sources. Seems a no brainer at those prices were to get it from.

I accept future technology may open up presently unavailable lithium, it's just that we are in the here and now.

It could be that Meridian International Research are unreliable and there report is wortless, but here it is. I found it an interesting read.
The chart is on page 2.
* tyler.blogware.com/lit...