Thursday, July 22, 2021

A win-win source for lithium?

 https://boingboing.net/2021/07/22/an-environmentally-friendly-lithium-mine-in-the-disastrous-salton-sea.html

 

"The integration of direct lithium extraction with renewable geothermal energy offers the highest sustainability credentials available today. CTR's closed-loop, direct lithium extraction process utilizes renewable power and steam—significantly reducing the time to produce battery-grade lithium products and eliminating the need for overseas processing. CTR's operations will have a minimal physical footprint and a near-zero carbon footprint. The brine, after lithium extraction, is returned to the geothermal reservoir deep within the earth."

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I've been to the Salton Sea.  It's stinky.  anything that could be done to clean that accidental lake would be great.

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