Can California be the Saudi Arabia of lithium?

[BrentInCO]

https://amp-interestingengineering-...interestingengineering.com/salton-sea-lithium

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[E.S.]

Nah. They had decades to do so and haven't yet adopted harvesting wave motion for hydro electricity. The heck they're going to learn from their mistakes and harvest lithium from sea water (even though they're the prime candidate for it in the U.S.).

 

[COdogman]

The potential is pretty amazing. Although I hope in my lifetime we can get to a point where our batteries can be made with less finite resources, less invasive processes. Until then I think we have to try some new things like described in the article.

 

[Guy]

I doubt they will since the environmental lobby there usually stops development.

 

[COdogman]

I doubt they will since the environmental lobby there usually stops development.

Most of the comments I've seen from environmental groups realize that something has to be done there - Climate change and agricultural chemicals were a big reason the sea became what it is now, with salty toxic dust that causes the people who still live nearby numerous health problems. The hope is that projects like those described in the original article can help fund some additional restoration efforts for the area.

 

[BrentInCO]

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/04/the-salton-sea-could-produce-the-worlds-greenest-lithium.html

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