"there sure ain't no shortage of Lithium.....and even if there...

"there sure ain't no shortage of Lithium.....and even if there was, new battery technologies"
Lithium is a commodity, like iron ore when demand goes up, the price will go up.
Some estimates put the economicly feasible resources around 50 years.

"the 2024 USGS Mineral Commodities Summary now estimates 105 million tons of global lithium resources and 28 million tons of reserves."
( http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2024/ph240/yuan1/#:~:text=The%202022%20annual%20global%20consumption,next%2043%20to%2053%20years.)

"With our 88 million tonnes of resources, we’d get 11 billion EVs."

We only have enough known lithium for ~1 EV car per person on earth around 2070.
Unless we start recycling lithium, or find lots of new resources, or find ways to extract it cheaper, lithium will be VERY EXPENSIVE by the end of the century. (yes, longer than any of us care about)

Hydrogen on the other hand should start getting cheaper.
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Sodium ion batteries hold some potential for a lot of uses, but they are a 2nd rate battery compared to Lithium, and are very unlikely to be used in shipping, aviation and long haul trucking.

Hence why I see a long long term future for hydrogen.