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I'm a little confused by this, though I see your link picks it out as still speculative. You're planning to put the olivine on the beaches, the nickel accumula
by NeedMoreTea 7y ago
I'm a little confused by this, though I see your link picks it out as still speculative.
You're planning to put the olivine on the beaches, the nickel accumulating plants will be planted above. So presumably they'll be as exposed to the action of the sea as the olivine. The document talks of use in poor soils, but no mention of coastal or beach. You've identified species suitable for that level of salt water exposure? If the plants are beyond the high tide mark, won't most of it get into the ocean first?
- fastball 7y agoI read it as the olivine would be mined, plants would be used to extract nickel, and then the olivine would be moved to beaches.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoAh right, so a first pass before it gets to the beach, that makes much more sense now! Though no doubt introduces its own challenges related to how long it needs to sit under foliage before it's beach ready. :)