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Study calls for reduction in car ownership, battery size and vehicle dependency to limit environmental impact of surging lithium demand

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The authors designed a material flow analysis paired with socioeconomic pathway modeling to determine possible scenarios for the decarbonization of personal transportation in the US. The authors examined four cases of lithium mining: Argentina, Chile, the United States, and Portugal. Riofrancos et al. 2°C of warming.

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Street network patterns reveal global trend towards increasing urban sprawl

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Gridded street networks, on the other hand, promote efficient, dense urban form in Bolivia, Argentina and Peru. Their data showed that southeast Asia is now home to some of the most sprawling cities on the planet – —and sprawl is getting worse.

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