Comments by "Valen Ron" (@valenrn8657) on "Financial Times" channel.

  1. Tesla's battery is mostly nickel and graphite (carbon, a form of coal) with tiny 2 percent lithium. Australia has lots of graphite, nickel and lithium.
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  2. texas digger, Tesla's battery cell is mostly made of nickel and graphite with 2 percent Lithium by volume. There's more Cobalt inside a Tesla's battery cell than Lithium. Elon Musk trolled the industry with the focus on heavy lithium battery.
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  3. texas digger http://www.mining-journal.com/events-coverage/opinion/1173190/lithium-ion-batteries-called-nickel-graphite 'Lithium ion batteries should be called nickel-graphite' - Elon Musk
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  4. A renewable energy source such as Ethiopia's hydroelectric dam has lead to potential conflict with Sudan and Egypt. https://earth.org/tensions-in-africa-amid-development-of-grand-ethiopian-renaissance-dam/
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  5.  @thekraken1173  The largest Lithium producer in the year 2019 is Australia. Read https://www.nsenergybusiness.com/features/top-lithium-producing-countries Rank list 1. Australia, 42,000 tons 2. Chile, 18,000 tons 3. China, 7,500 tons 4. Argentina, 6,400 tons 5. Zimbabwe, 1,600 tons 6. Portugal, 1,200 tonnes
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  6.  @thekraken1173  https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1286867520314642443?s=20 Also, we get our lithium from Australia - Elon Musk , July 25
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  7. South Australia power prices to rise to highest in the world...
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  8. Sorry, Sydney (e.g ~20 cents per kWh excl GST ) is cheaper than Adelaide (e.g. ~39 cents per kWh excl GST)
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  9. Read http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/sa-has-most-expensive-power-prices-in-the-world/8658434 It's adding fuel for One Nation (far right) party...
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  10. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-28/sa-has-most-expensive-power-prices-in-the-world/8658434 South Australia power prices to rise to highest in the world on Saturday
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  11. blackice214 South Australia has a leftist Labor state government.
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  12. blackice214, Higher energy cost doesn't equal "someone knows what their doing".
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  13. blackice214, Sorry mate, Your Texas example has no bearing for South Australia. Texas energy price can go as low as 6.3 cent/kWh‎ (USD) or 8 cent cent/kWh (AUD). In Sydney, it's around 20 cent/kWh‎ AUD while Adelaide (South Australia's capital) has about 39 cent/kWh (AUD).
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