The report says 600,000 tons lithium carbonate [1] per year. Given that Li(2)CO(3) is the molecular structure of lithium carbonate and 14:12:48 is the molar ma

The report says 600,000 tons lithium carbonate [1] per year. Given that Li(2)CO(3) is the molecular structure of lithium carbonate and 14:12:48 is the molar mass ratio. Therefore there is no more than 1/5 of that in actual lithium so about 120,000 tones. Still larger than today's world consumption but not as unrelastically high I guess. [1] https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/08/05/geothermal-brines-could-propel-californias-green-economy/ https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2020/08/05/geothermal-brines-coul...