The lithium war. How green is your new Electric Vehicle? (And how you can fix it)

Unveiling the dirty secrets behind the EV lobby. Why EVs are sparking a global scramble for resources with potential geopolitical consequences.

According to a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA), due to the rapid expansion of the EV market, the global demand for lithium is expected to increase by 40 times next 20 years. This surge in demand has led to concerns about the practice of lithium mining as well as potential lithium shortages and resulting geopolitical conflicts…

Lithium is a popular metal predominantly used in batteries, computers, and mobile phones. Lately, the explosion of the electric vehicles market has been resulting in the explosion of lithium demand:

• A single electric car's lithium-ion battery pack typically contains around 8 kilograms (kg) of lithium.

• A mobile phone battery pack typically contains around 0.6 grams of lithium

• A computer battery pack typically contains around 4.8grams of lithium

Let’s do a bit of maths, in 2022, the total global production of lithium was 100,000 tons (equivalent to 90.7 million kg), hence, enough to produce 11.3 million cars if this lithium were used solely f…