Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
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Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#2is this similar to e3 metals?
Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#3is this similar to e3 metals?
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts.
I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this.
Maybe someone more knowledgeable can throw some light on this. Lithium extraction needs fresh water throughout the recovery cycle.
Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#4is this similar to e3 metals?
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
The salton sea is a man made disaster. I couldn't see how it could be any worse than it is now. Given the dire climate situation we're in, it seems like a no brainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TjGAWxL23c
Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#5is this similar to e3 metals?
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
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Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#6is this similar to e3 metals?
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
> How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts.
There's a whole infographic in the article explaining this.
> Hot brine is pumped up from deep underground, generating heat which is converted to electricity. Then, lithium is extracted from the brine before the fluid is injected back underground.
Pretty brilliant, really. There's already a geothermal energy site right there, so the whole lithium mining business could potentially be powered with zero emissions.
If they really do need freshwater, there's a ton of it - the Colorado River Aqueduct goes right by the Salton Sea. In fact, that's how it was created in the first place.
Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#7Interesting how similar that looks to an oil derrick
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#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
> How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. There's a whole infographic in the article explaining this. > Hot brine is pumped up from deep underground, generating heat which is converted to electricity. Then, lithium is extracted from the brine before the fluid is injected back underg…
Right. What about salinity of the brine?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
> How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. There's a whole infographic in the article explaining this. > Hot brine is pumped up from deep underground, generating heat which is converted to electricity. Then, lithium is extracted from the brine before the fluid is injected back underg…
The Colorado River doesn't have a lot of water by the time it gets to California, and the metropolises on the coast use a lot of it.
If they really need freshwater for this, they will have to fight a lot of people for it.
Re: Lithium drilling advances at the Salton Sea
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not really. E3 is in a wet region in Canada. California is a desert. This plan might fuck up California. How can they source potable fresh water for lithium extraction from brine without increasing salinity at Salton Sea? Also..we are in the midst of one of our scheduled droughts. I am sure there are real experts looking into this..and there is probably something that is in the plans to deal with this. Maybe someone…
The salton sea is a man made disaster. I couldn't see how it could be any worse than it is now. Given the dire climate situation we're in, it seems like a no brainer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TjGAWxL23c
If it dries out completely it will be much much worse.