Like any mining operation you have to move a lot of earth use a lot of energy and dig up large regions. The processing of the slurry to get the lithium after i

Like any mining operation you have to move a lot of earth use a lot of energy and dig up large regions. The processing of the slurry to get the lithium after it's mined. All that water needed in a very arid region. It was in contrast to lithium being easily recyclable compared to the vast scale of mining it.