☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agoChinese researchers use solar power to extract lithium from seawaterbatteryindustry.techexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkChinese researchers use solar power to extract lithium from seawaterbatteryindustry.tech☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square4fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoI love how that’s tagged “sustainable mining” as if mining anything can actually be sustainable.
minus-squareHeliumfart@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-23 days agoI 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.
minus-squarePika@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 days agoyea its just using the word sustain when removing something non-renewable makes me chuckle
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