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Do you have a source for that estimate? Seems truly absurd. I found a source that you are perhaps misquoting: 400,000 gallons of water are used produce 1 ton o
by cantaloupe 4y ago
Do you have a source for that estimate? Seems truly absurd. I found a source that you are perhaps misquoting: 400,000 gallons of water are used produce 1 ton of lithium from brine [1]. It also apparently takes 8 kilograms for an EV battery [2]. So 3500 gallons per vehicle.
[1] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mining-lithium-for-electric-vehicle-batteries-may-threaten-flamingos-a-study-finds-180979741/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/mining-lithium-for...
[2] https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/electric-vehicles-world-enough-lithium-resources/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/07/electric-vehicles-wor...
- plantain 4y agoYou don't have to make lithium from brine. In Australia it's mined out of the rock, it's only South America that it's from brine.
- Sponge5 4y agoBrines are being used in Silver Peak, NV. [1] [1]: https://desertfog.org/aerial-of-silver-peak-nev-lithium-mining-operation-the-the-only-operating-lithium-mine-in-the-united-states-nasa-photo/ https://desertfog.org/aerial-of-silver-peak-nev-lithium-mini...]