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>Graphite: What iPhones, NASCAR and Tesla Have in Common - The Gold Report - 
Without substantially increasing the electric power generation capacity, demand for lithium and graphite will stall out.
A battery needs to be charged or else it is just a high tech boat anchor.
Doesn't anyone grasp just how much energy it requires to keep the wheels rolling?
Where do you suppose electricity comes from?
Burn fuel to generate electricity. Lose electricity in the grid due to resistance. Convert the electricity to charge batteries. Convert the battery power to rotational mechanical energy to move the vehicle. Each of these abbreviated steps has a loss.
And don't forget that these increased electrical power demands will require upgrading the electrical grid.
Upgrading the electric power generation capacity and the grid will require substantial capital investment. Where is that money gonna come from?

Perhaps there is money to be made by getting in early and selling out to the greater fool before the limits of growth are hit.
Effectively, panic sell early and avoid the rush.

Everything is connected to everything.
Everything has to go somewhere.
There ain't no such thing as a free lunch. TANSTAAFL

No just a good idea, but rather the paraphrased "Law of Thermodynamics."


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Beginning of the headline :Focus Graphite CEO and Director Gary Economo says the tipping point is coming for natural flake mining developers-even during a depressed commodities cycle. This optimistic view is based on the urgent necessity of manufacturers today to source those critical materials and technologies needed to meet globally mandated CleanTech targets in advance of a 2020 deadline. Focus, says Economo, is on strategic trajectory to capitalize on global change with his company's Lac Knife, Quebec, high-purity gra... Read More
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