Lithium Ion Is not the answer
the sunk cost of CO2 used in manufacture of Li ion batteries exceed the emmisions of a modern diesel ICE over 9 years
The majority of Lithium extraction is not from Australia, but from South America where the Lithium Triangle is believed to contain over 75% of existing known lithium reserves, between chile Bolivia and Argentina and is causing serious polution of rivers and fish stocks. There is also a considerable amount comming from china, where all of Australia's is processed
The secret ingredient of Li ion batteries is the Cobalt in the Cathode, is only available in central affrica, mainly the not so Democratic Republic of Congo, which has many human rights issues involved in its mining, along with shipping costs.
Your average ICE will easily last 10 yrs, a diesel probably twice that, a Li Battery 8 if your lucky, and then its basically shot, and the majority of the raw materials have been consumed.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
