
Do we have enough lithium to power the future?
The Inquiry
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The price of silvery white, volatile lithium has quadrupled over the past year because it's used in batteries to power electric cars. Batteries using lithium can be recharged thousands of times and store masses of energy in a very small space. So this week on the inquiry, we're asking, do we have enough lithium to power the future? Part one, sparks are flying.
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