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A gas cart is always a better option.

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Originally Posted by rustyp (Post 2414047)

I purchased a new lithium phosphate battery for my trolling motor 3 weeks ago even though I don't need it until June. Guess who manufactured it.

Chad? *****? Luxembourg?

Edit: heh, it is against the rules to post the name of a specific African country...

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Originally Posted by Pballer (Post 2414113)

Maybe the golf cart industry can grovel for tariff carve-outs like many other industries have done. They have to ask very nicely though and be very thankful.

Asking nicely for something needed is always the proper thing to do.
The alternative is to not be nice when trying to get something from someone who does not need to give you anything.

Asking nicely and then being thankful for getting it is always the right thing to do. Why suggest it is bad?

Canada is our neighbor to the north and the shortest distance to the USA to be a supplier. South American countries provide very small amounts of lithium to this country because of the distance and costs for distribution.

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Originally Posted by Lottoguy (Post 2414332)

Again, no sources linked. DOE reports otherwise.

And what? Lithium is transported by mule that distance plays a factor?

To be clear, I couldn't care less who supplies the most. I care about things being factually correct. When there is no referenced support for the premise, the rest of the discussion is moot.

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Originally Posted by Snakster66 (Post 2414042)

Source? Canada isn't in the top 5 of lithium producing countries. According to Dept of Energy, bewteen 2016 and 2019, the US got over 90% of it's lithium for production from Argentina and Chile.
FOTW #1225, February 14, 2022: From 2016-2019, over 90% of U.S. Lithium Imports Came from Argentina and Chile | Department of Energy.

As of 2023, 94% of lithium still came from those two countries. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2024/mcs2024-lithium.pdf (I imagine Canada MAY be part of the 'other' at 1%.)

Comments above are not intended to be a defense of battery golf cars, or a discussion of golf cars in general for that matter (I have gas golf car). I just want to point out that the OP is based on a false premise. I will retract if documentation can be provided that indicates the less than 1% of Canadian lithium is used specifically for golf car batteries.

Doesn’t fit the narrative of the outraged crowd who see no value in getting a better deal from Canada for trade and border protection.

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Originally Posted by MorTech (Post 2414115)

There is plenty of lithium in the USA...but mining is virtually illegal in the USA.
Sodium Ion batteries cant come soon enough :)

Yet Thacker Pass is looking to be on track. . .

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Originally Posted by dhabel2112@gmail.com (Post 2414067)

Thanks for the advice

Your welcome : )