Lead opinion year 2014

A recent member brought up a question of lead . That spurred me to wonder
first I remember Lead selling @ .25 to .30 # year after year & I sold plenty at those prices and felt ok about the $$ to size .

Then wile prices were still low I got to thinking " Lead might have a future " and it's easy to store .
so I stopped selling . Sure enough with out me even paying attention I saw Batteries @ .30 # and Lead @ .62 # had to say wow doubled .

So is now the future price that selling is key or is lead going higher .
My fear is the attempt to remove lead from use . I am not sure how far it will go .
If car batteries were to be forced converted to other systems .
Could the use of lead diminish that it's value goes south .
Also could the selling of Lead have a stipulation - only by EPA certified companies
Even Ammo one day ? game wardens could issue tickets for hunters using Lead .

I believe there are uses for lead that are completely hidden from my knowledge & nothing else will do. But will us scrappers be aloud to be agents to sell

There are lead abatement courses out there to have certification ( needed to paint home nowadays ) I wonder if an investment in lead abatement course -NOW might be a wise move for the future .