well, the devil is in the detail, as always. there are enough new battery technologies that don't use "bad" rare earths. there are enough technologies to gather clean, renewable energy without hurting the environment as well. <br><br>so whats the issue? as always humans. <br>implementation is way too slow and most of the time the cheaper/cheapest solutions are used. <br>as the cherry on top: recycling and "closing the circle" (i.e. market saturation) are two things that arent currently factored into the "reserve time". <br>at one point everybody will have an EV, a Phone, a whatever.