“…I hate to agree with Pavel on this one …”
I have learned by hard, that a hate, does not serve very well in the world dominated by money.  

“… Pavel only seems to point out issues with LAC…”
Not entirely true. You can find, in the history of this site, my comment, supporting a scenario with LAC share price at around USD 65 per share in 2 years from now. I clearly remember Cal demanding to immediately investigate if my account was not hacked. 

“…so I question his investment motives on Agoracom and TOB…”
My motives in short – To make money out of a trend, which is clearly wrong and will cause more damage (environmentally and economically) than good. Since production of EVs cannot be profitable, I have decided to participate on this evils scheme in a sector, which may have better profitability profile (leaving the environmental aspect of it aside). I have been “in town” since Western Lithium but made few trades once a while, some good, some not that good (those made me a long term share holder).

In respect of my TOB appearance, it is sort of a hobby of mine. It helps to keep my written English in a reasonable shape and keeps my critical thinking skills, well… critical, indeed. Over here, I am much more “tamed” thanks to Bill and his leadership. A minor price to pay for the technical expertise provided here :-).