Thanks @bombersmadyour usual elegant explanations are valued...

Thanks @bombersmad
your usual elegant explanations are valued mate.

so my question earlier is why don't people still get it? Why is graphite not mentioned when we discuss lithium batteries and energy metals. Is it simply that people don't understand that in coming years there will be a deficit particularity in psg and that not all manufacturers and mines are capable of producing the right mesh size. It's not like you can take lead from a pencil and drop it in a battery.

again, this is a rhetorical question a akin to asking why people sit in the right hand lane on the highway.

glad this conversation happened. Thanks all.