Comments by "Bo McGillacutty" (@Mrbfgray) on "The Truth about Deep Sea Mining" video.

  1. New battery chemistries adequate for most vehicles (not all) and stationary storage, the bulk of expected use cases this decade, DO NOT require Ni, cobalt or even manganese. Lithium Iron Phosphate batts are currently (pun) the longest lasting, safest and cheapest in mass production, the downside is some 30% lower energy density, still good enough for cars and improving.
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  2. Not really, the discussion of environmental price is a BIG part of whether we "can" do it.
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  3.  @D1ndo  Iron and lithium are everywhere and phosphate doesn't come from jungles or marine floors either. You can dream whatever you want, that doesn't make it viable nor necessary.
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  4.  @D1ndo  Only issue with Li is ramping up processing and yes mining, with possible exception of brine, has environmental price. So does fossil fuel extraction which batteries are replacing and unlike fossils, all the elements in batts will be endlessly recycled. Lithium is very common. Your proposed "solutions" are not likely available this decade if ever. Do you want to hold back a highly desirable revolution in transportation tech indefinitely for some nebulous future tech?? That's just ignorant or stupid. "Researched alternatives" typically go nowhere and otherwise take decades to reach economic viability. It took Li batts 1/3 century to be affordable at vehicle level. I don't give a damn about your thumb up or down.
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