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IIAN, 5,000 tons of water is 5,000 cubic meters' worth, right? Wouldn't this process also quickly reduce the local concentration of Lithium in the water surrou

IIAN, 5,000 tons of water is 5,000 cubic meters' worth, right? Wouldn't this process also quickly reduce the local concentration of Lithium in the water surrounding the processing station? Making sustained operations difficult?

bigfudge 5y ago
The sea is big, pipes can be long
nkrisc 5y ago
In 1891 Chicago built a water intake four miles offshore in Lake Michigan, with pipes under the lakebed. I bet we could do a lot better than that, over 100 years later. Likewise between the tide and currents you might have sufficient mixing if new seawater.
- einpoklum 5y ago
  If I'm in a bay, maybe not so much. Anyway, like you said - "maybe".
  - nkrisc 5y ago
    Yeah I’m sure every location is totally unique in terms of currents and such, and would have to be investigated individually at any proposed site.
heartbreak 5y ago
We could repurpose offshore oil rigs.
- einpoklum 5y ago
  It's still not clear that the mixing will be faster than the flow through the Lithium extractor, if that extractor needs 5000 m^3 / Kg of output, and wants to get to, oh, 1000 Kg / day.