Think EVs are ‘green’?! ‘Typical Tesla EV battery weighs 1,000 pounds & includes 26lbs of lithium, 10lbs of cobalt, 110lbs of nickel, 9lbs of manganese, 55lbs of copper, 44lbs of aluminum, 154lbs of graphite, plus, steel, plastic, & other metals’
Today, a typical EV battery for a Tesla sedan weighs 1,000 pounds and includes these minerals and metals:
26 pounds of lithium
10 pounds of cobalt
110 pounds of nickel
9 pounds of manganese
55 pounds of copper
44 pounds of aluminum
154 pounds of graphite
Plus, steel, plastic, and other metals for the battery casing.
... To manufacture each EV auto battery, you must process 25,000 pounds of brine for lithium, 30,000 pounds of ore for cobalt, 6,000 pounds of ore for nickel, and 25,000 pounds of ore for copper. All told, just one Tesla EV battery requires the processing of more than 500,000 pounds of materials somewhere on the planet.
By Marc Morano
March 25, 2025
https://www.americaoutloud.news/earth-has-limited-natural-resources-to-support-the-generation-of-electricity/By Ronald Stein P.E. & Dr. Cleveland M. Jones
Excerpt:
The extraction rates and R/P (reserves to production) ratio for many of the critical minerals and metals needed for going “green” are alarming, and most of these natural resources are NOT being replenished. This suggests a worrisome possibility of an unsustainable approach to the current policies of subsidies for “green” energies. Furthermore, even countries with the largest reserve base face important challenges to increasing production growth to meet projected future demand.
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