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>I've found a way

wow. If you're not bullshitting, and your method is scalable,reliable,and cost-effective congratulations on changing the world.

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It's worth pointing out that "cost-effective" in a competitive market is actually a pretty high bar. For context, lithium can be reliably extracted from seawater, with more available than humans could dream of using. To do so costs about $30/lb, which certainly isn't breaking the bank if you're using it for a car battery.

Trouble is, the market price for lithium is closer to $5/lb, so good luck selling any.

(Prices in this post are examples, and from memory)

So six times the price is not going to break the bank?

Sure, aganst ten times the value of other msterials per weight of battery, it's not a bank breaker, but what is that price compared to the profit margin? If the margin on a $100 cell is $15, and the value of lithium in the cell is $5, you've broken the bank by costing the entire margin and then some.

So right now lithium is at $5/lb. Let's say you have an incredible breakthrough and reduce it to $1/lb. The cost of that battery now becomes $96 with the same profit margin. I don't think that really falls into the category of "changing the world", at least in the sense of it revolutionizing the battery industry.

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