Source: Melissa Lott
The Big Switch Podcast
Episode 3 | The High Stakes for Battery Ingredients
Turning raw materials into usable ingredients is a critical step in the battery industry. How do we process them in a responsible way?
Batteries can replace gasoline in our cars, or diesel in our generators with electricity. But batteries and petroleum-based fuels share something in common: they both rely on energy-intensive processes to turn extracted materials into something useful.
The middle stage of the lithium-ion supply chain is called processing – and it’s a critical one. To make lots of affordable batteries, we have to process a lot of materials. It’s a big, lucrative business with real impacts to local communities and the environment.
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