I first saw a photo similar to this one in an article about Cobalt in National Geographic (original by Mark Thiessen ). The battery looked like a well-aged tree, and I was intrigued because generally when you saw a Lithium battery in half it tends to spontaneously combust . If you scroll down, I've included a short video about how I replicated this photo, beware there are some safety concerns . Scarcity remains a constant theme for the Energy industry. Whether this be thro