I'm generally in agreement with this, but there are a few weak arguments.
None of these technologies *consume* copper or nickel, so the "next generation" can recycle the last generation. Not sure how this works for lithium but we haven't even begun global scale lithium production.
Which leads me into the next point. Yes, nickel and copper aren't being produced at a rate sufficient to develop the whole world but "we need 13,000 years of lithium production at the current rate" is a meaningless statement when considering we barely scratch the surface of lithium mining today. Even existing resources can increase production if prices rise, which he mentions, so this isn't that great a point. Coupled with space-based mining, which will likely start coming online in the next 20 years, this worry is pretty moot, except for the ridiculous "all electric by 2030" timelines they're pushing. We won't have finished the planning stages for the infrastructure required to support our *current* EVs by 2030.
I'd also point out that we'll *never* develop "the whole world". You can't even fit all the Indians onto trains, let alone find parking for all of them. Densely populated countries like India and China will never develop to the point that even a significant minority of their population will own cars.
The biggest argument for me is economic; no one can afford electric cars. The cheapest ones are still like buying a BMW or Mercedes and there's no resale value, outside of recycling the copper when prices spike, maybe. They only last around 10 years anyway. They will never take off outside of rich Liberals, no matter what the governments try.
None of these technologies *consume* copper or nickel, so the "next generation" can recycle the last generation. Not sure how this works for lithium but we haven't even begun global scale lithium production.
Which leads me into the next point. Yes, nickel and copper aren't being produced at a rate sufficient to develop the whole world but "we need 13,000 years of lithium production at the current rate" is a meaningless statement when considering we barely scratch the surface of lithium mining today. Even existing resources can increase production if prices rise, which he mentions, so this isn't that great a point. Coupled with space-based mining, which will likely start coming online in the next 20 years, this worry is pretty moot, except for the ridiculous "all electric by 2030" timelines they're pushing. We won't have finished the planning stages for the infrastructure required to support our *current* EVs by 2030.
I'd also point out that we'll *never* develop "the whole world". You can't even fit all the Indians onto trains, let alone find parking for all of them. Densely populated countries like India and China will never develop to the point that even a significant minority of their population will own cars.
The biggest argument for me is economic; no one can afford electric cars. The cheapest ones are still like buying a BMW or Mercedes and there's no resale value, outside of recycling the copper when prices spike, maybe. They only last around 10 years anyway. They will never take off outside of rich Liberals, no matter what the governments try.
Also, can we talk about how fucking *CRINGE* EV cucks look pretending to be car guys? They can't name one car rivalry, one designer, one engineer, one racer, anything. They make YouTube videos geeking over battery packs and 0-60 times, but then immediately go back to talking politics and how gov't isn't forcing the Utopia fast enough. That's what the really want to talk about, that's their religion: politics.
Also, they claim "everyone" wants an EV, yet major car makers are cancelling their EVs and car dealers are refusing to take them on trade. Hmm.
drastically reduce the population by 90%+, enslave the lower classes through social credit technology, enforcing dystopian restrictions on all movement and communication... leaving non-elites around only because no one wants to clean toilets and robots can't yet.
seriously, these are tyrants at davos arguing that non-elites should only be allowed to fly on a plane once in our entire lives, while also advocating for bans on the ability to drive, rent a car, have a license, or even be in a car with someone else if your social credit score isn't high enough (and 90%+ of people won't be high enough).