That is a good point. the existing process would be terrible. The difference I'm guessing is we have a way to cater for the existing processes. How to cater for 26 million fire prone batteries spread across an entire planet Well the answer is, we will find out over the next decade!Black, dirty, toxic, consuming vast amounts of energy, you are also identifying the petrol / coal / lpg extraction process.
This is what I can't understand. These processes are already terrible, and you are left with a product that when burnt, is also terrible.
Or, we have to deploy new manufacturing, that although the process will also be black, dirty, toxic and terrible, the output is not. Wind / Solar powered, clean renewable fuel sources. Even if it's coal powered electricity, that's still cleaner then refining, manufacturing, shipping and distributing petrol to be burnt.
Yes the manufacturing of the green solution will be shit. And? Just stuff it altogether?