Researchers in China are developing a solar-powered technology to extract lithium from seawater, addressing the rising global demand. This innovative method could become a viable alternative as lithium prices surge, despite current high extraction costs.
I mean, it’s about as sustainable as you can get on earth I would imagine, there’s a huge amount of lithium in seawater. It would take an insanely long time to deplete the 180000000000 tons of lithium in sea water.
Well I would postulate, as a complete layperson, that the amount of lithium leaching out of rocks into the ocean is more per year than we could realistically extract. So in a way, it could be sustainable.
I love how that’s tagged “sustainable mining” as if mining anything can actually be sustainable.
I mean, it’s about as sustainable as you can get on earth I would imagine, there’s a huge amount of lithium in seawater. It would take an insanely long time to deplete the 180000000000 tons of lithium in sea water.
yea its just using the word sustain when removing something non-renewable makes me chuckle
Well I would postulate, as a complete layperson, that the amount of lithium leaching out of rocks into the ocean is more per year than we could realistically extract. So in a way, it could be sustainable.