Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient.
Federal and state researchers said there might be five million to 19 million tons of lithium, more than enough to meet the world’s demand for the battery ingredient.
I’d prefer to mine where there is less life. Southwest AR has a decent amount of wildlife. The area around the Salton Sea would probably be better.
I like it. Let’s mine the parts of the planet we’ve already severely fucked up.
It’s a better idea than continuing to fuck up more of it for the sake of mining.
I don’t expect commercial extraction to be limited to one area.