Mission R will be very interested. Future is all electric

 

until we realize we don't know what to do with all these batteries! and then that becomes the environmental crisis! (or we run out of minerals/metals..)

 

Simple, we throw them in the ocean.

 

battery recycling and repurposing is a thing - and it’s ongoing at this time - longvity is about hte same as any major drive train components - Nissan is refurbishing leaf batteries in Japan and some make it back into vehicles and others are used for stationary storage…disposal of any automotive drive train parts after their useful life is a serious problem and serious solutions are in place for both ICE and BEV vehicles. The bigger problem is not these big expensive high value transportation batteries it’s all the little phone/lap top batteries and tools etc…batteries…

 

For sure...I pretty much used my lithium ion investments to pay for my car! (though I guess I need to sell to actually have made the money...)

 

Yep. While Lithium isn't particularly valuable, metals like nickel and cobalt certainly are. A number of lithium battery recyclers are coming along. One to watch is J. B. Straubels Redwood Materials. But there are others.

 

Might be easier for the Earth itself to naturally recycle them by throwing them into an active volcano........

 

watch what happens when you throw just one bag of trash in a volcano

 

That is so cool!!

I never knew someone already tried throwing stuff into a volcano and record it 🤣

 

Lava is great for grilling steaks too. Last part of the video, they even do it Tuscan style.