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We will still have those same wars after EV's. Oil has been a good incentive, but let's face it - the U.S. loves us some wars.

<snark, i'm totally against military aggression>



We're already looking at the human cost of some of the components needed for the batteries, like lithium and cobalt. That's what we'll be fighting wars over after we exhaust the supply of oil.


Lithium is considerably more ubiquitous than crude oil, however. And cobalt in batteries is already on the decline, we won't be using it much longer. Heck, most EVs sold today don't use any cobalt at all.


And its recyclable




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