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Do you know how lithium is mined? It's not a rare metal you open a pit mine for. Lithium is extracted from water which is pumped to the surface and allowed to
by alex_young 7y ago
Do you know how lithium is mined? It's not a rare metal you open a pit mine for.
Lithium is extracted from water which is pumped to the surface and allowed to evaporate. What's left is a salt that has a high concentration of lithium and is further refined.
I'm not saying it's a process without environmental impact, but it seems like there should be some sound way of domestically extracting this resource that reduces our carbon output.
- ckuhl 7y agoFrom a nonexpert viewpoint, that sounds somewhat similar to how fracking works. Do you think there’s a similar risk of the ground settling as material is removed?
- wutbrodo 7y agoIsn't fracking the opposite, blasting water into the earth at high pressure to create fissures?
- rbanffy 7y ago> I'm not saying it's a process without environmental impact On the bright side, it's pumping salty water out of the ground and making clouds out of it.