Economic Clouds – Are they appearing due to cars? Cars are lasting longer. Millennials and younger generations are not as attached to cars as the older generations.

There's also talk about electric cars and the future. People love their Teslas. I've been reading about the lithium battery that goes into these cars. Ouch! Alert! 45% of the cost of the car is in the battery.

Production Costs – Electric cars cost more in terms of money and energy to manufacture. If a battery dies after 8-10 years, do you get a new battery or a new car?

Driving Range – If you can only go about 250-400 kilometers at the most, does this limit the car to city, suburban driving?

Charging Stations – There are about 28,000 in North America compared to 190,000 gas stations. And it takes 30 minutes or more to charge your car.

Green Thoughts – The materials in the battery, lithium, cobalt and nickel, require foreign sourcing. Fluctuating prices and environmental and labor policies to make these minerals are concerning.

Recycling these batteries costs 5 times more than extracting virgin lithium from the earth. Are most of these batteries going to the dump?