On the flip side, the amount of materials, metals, and energy necessary to produce enough batteries to replace current fossil fuel usages, are order of magnitude larger than the current world production and known reserves.
This presentation does ballpark analysis of the problem:
This presentation does ballpark analysis of the problem:
https://youtu.be/MBVmnKuBocc
Even if the numbers are off by an order of magnitude, them problem remains worrisome and difficult to solve at scale.