A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs
A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs
Salton Sea has been identified as a lithium-rich region and could yield enough for 375 million EV batteries, reshaping America's energy landscape.
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I’m sure this won’t have a major ecological impact, right? Right…?
The lake was a runoff for the colorado river back when farmers over used water and the leftover was dumped ino that "lake". The lake in its current state is too saline and dried up to ecologically be stable. The buildup of farm chems over the year cause dust in problems in socal when winds picked it up.
Well, when you put it that way using a part of the country we already ruined to try and help us not ruin any more of it, it sounds like a damn good idea
Consider the lake isn't supposed be there in the first place...
The lake is the major ecological impact, if you bother to read up on the background of that area.
Fun fact, the beach is made entirely out of barnacles and it smells like someone ate 10 pounds of salmon and then ripped ass straight up your nose. Don't go in the water, you'll die!
I was there about twenty years ago, the banks were made up of rotting marine life (mostly fish) 12 - 18 inches deep.
The barnacles must be a more recent phenomenon, I was there a couple years ago. There were still fish skeletons lying around, but mostly this:
The entire thing is a lesson in the hubris of man. It was created as a major ecological impact of a failed engineering project. It's being destroyed by irrigation.
No, we have to mine and destroy as much of the world as we can before the collapse, its the human way :)