On 1/27/22 7:46 PM, Frank Wimberly wrote:
Did I hear/read correctly that the Salton Sea in the Southern
California desert is above the world's largest Lithium deposit? I
believe that body of water is useless for most purposes.
whose modern roots are quite medley of unintended consequences:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/salton-sea-history
I doubt that there will be lithium shortages long-term... as there are
many sources with more coming *and* energy storage and electricity
generation technology will continue to move fast... though lithium
mining/waste will be yet one more insult in a never ending string of
insults to "our mother" if you accept that characterization of the
earth/biosphere. Hydrogen as a storage/transport medium, possibly
transformed into Ammonia as a "safer" carrier and catalytic fuel-cells
are just a couple of obvious alternatives (with all of their gotchas).
I think Musk is just preparing for the inevitable when our "Mother"
kicks us out and we need to go live with our "Warrior Father" Mars...
It's not to late to get in on the land-rush... looks like it is going
for as little as $29.95/acre at http://buymars.com !
And it looks like lithium might be quite abundant there!
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.6311.pdf <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1208.6311.pdf>
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