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In addition to the corrosion problem, extracting anything valuable from seawater means processing a huge volume of it. Expensive membrane * huge volume = huge e
by comicjk 5y ago
In addition to the corrosion problem, extracting anything valuable from seawater means processing a huge volume of it. Expensive membrane * huge volume = huge expense.
- Johnny555 5y agoThey mention sending wastewater downstream for desalination, so if this plant is built alongside an existing desalination plant, then the desalination plant can take care of the offshore piping and pumping, removing a lot of the complexity for this lithium extraction plant.