In the thread linked below I made the assertion that WA has world-leading supplies of cobalt and lithium, both likely to be cheaper and easier to extract than in most locations. I further argued that with both of those essential metals close at hand it might well be more efficacious to have a WA-based gigafactory to produce batteries and packs for export.
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One should be foolish to imagine that would be simple because of lack of large population, engineers, and other skilled workers, among other things. Still, such production facilities are capital intensive and highly automated. If properly located there are quite excellent amenities and pleasing lifestyle for those skilled people.
Besides, now that ICE-age production has left Australia with the final demise of Holden in SA it seems only fair that Australia could be ready for the future. Considering government attitudes perhaps SA is a better bet than is WA, but shipping all that unprocessed lithium and cobalt seems a bit silly when they could go as completed batteries instead.
Who better to ask if I am completely bonkers than the denizens of this Forum?
2017 Investor Roundtable:General Discussion
post #30139
One should be foolish to imagine that would be simple because of lack of large population, engineers, and other skilled workers, among other things. Still, such production facilities are capital intensive and highly automated. If properly located there are quite excellent amenities and pleasing lifestyle for those skilled people.
Besides, now that ICE-age production has left Australia with the final demise of Holden in SA it seems only fair that Australia could be ready for the future. Considering government attitudes perhaps SA is a better bet than is WA, but shipping all that unprocessed lithium and cobalt seems a bit silly when they could go as completed batteries instead.
Who better to ask if I am completely bonkers than the denizens of this Forum?
