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CO2 in the air is damaging all life on earth, while a lithium mine at most damages the local area around the mine. It's probably much better to have a few local
by flakeoil 4y ago
CO2 in the air is damaging all life on earth, while a lithium mine at most damages the local area around the mine. It's probably much better to have a few local "dead" spots than a complete planet out of whack.
And as a sibling comment said, lithium can be recycled.
- bblpeter 4y ago> lithium can be recycled It can’t. This is an extremely energy intensive process that produces toxic waste products. It’s a fantasy.
- dukeyukey 4y agoLithium is regularly recycled already.
- nl 4y agoThere are major listed companies doing lithium recycling in Melbourne: https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-lithium-ion-battery-recycling-deal-with-lg-energy-2022-09-07/ https://www.reuters.com/technology/lithium-australia-signs-l...
- briandon 4y agoCO2, whether from fossil fuel combustion or respiration (e.g. part of your and my exhaled breath, day and night) becomes plant tissue. Land plants, algae in the oceans, the herbivorous content of your salad, the flowers in your garden, etc. "Carbon Dioxide Fertilization Greening Earth, Study Finds" https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fertilization-greening-earth https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/carbon-dioxide-fer...
- flakeoil 4y agoYeah, well, I expressed myself clumsy. CO2 in itself is not bad, but the global warming effect caused by too much and unnatural CO2 in the atmosphere is bad. And that global warming effect slowly wreaks havoc with natures balance and long-term kills life on earth as we know it.