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Originally Posted by Chris
1. Not a major problem, if
2. We’re not burning most of it in internal combustion engines. In any case
2b. The oil isn’t going to run out - environmentalists told us 40 years ago that it would all be gone by now. Guess what ... known reserves are still at least as healthy now as they were then. Technology has improved, we’ve found oil in more places and we can extract it from wells previously unreachable.
As I said earlier, a chemically stable lithium sulphur battery has the potential to have twice the capacity of a lithium ion battery of the same physical size. So (for example) a Tesla model S could either double its range to around 600 miles, or reduce its battery size (and therefore lithium requirement) by 50%. That’s a very significant saving.
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So what are we going to do with the oil left over? They're not going to process the oil just to extract sulphur. Oil from certain areas isn't suitable for making plastics, eg Saudi Arabia with too much sand in it.
Increased capacity of a battery will be used for just that, to increase distance, not to reduce it in size. Even if they did, there still isn't enough Lithium available. Still no mention of all the other metals and materials needed, that are in short supply from limited locations.