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Originally Posted by chad86tsi
If we are using lithium batteries for the cars, where will the grid batteries come from? With current known sources of lithium ore we have a 165 year supply at 2018 production rates. If we multiply demand 20 fold for cars and another 20 fold for electrical storage, we will run out long before we get there. We need to invent another technology to make that happen.
My guess for intersection is 30 years at the soonest, and only if we invent a new battery tech tomorrow.
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Who knows?
The technologies will intersect, they always do and always will.
Better battery technology, public and private investment, and training more utility workers (engineers, linemen, the whole lot), among many other factors, will be part of the complex solution.
When and how is anyone's guess. 30 years is one estimate. No one knows if that guess is too pessimistic, or too optimistic.