L4sBotMB to TechnologyEnglish • 1 year agoA hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square55arrow-up1230arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarecapitallinkEnglish12•1 year agoEnvironmentalists: “We really need to address climate change” Me, an environmentalist: “let’s mine like crazy for the materials we’re sure to need” Environmentalists: “no, not like that!”
minus-square@spongebuelinkEnglish6•1 year agoHonestly, yes. Look that lake up and you’ll see how worthless it is for anything lake-y.
minus-square@MaggotylinkEnglish2•1 year agoAlso though, let’s not pretend we wouldn’t strip mine Lake Tahoe if there was unobtainium under it.
Yeah, fuck that lake!
Environmentalists: “We really need to address climate change”
Me, an environmentalist: “let’s mine like crazy for the materials we’re sure to need”
Environmentalists: “no, not like that!”
Honestly, yes. Look that lake up and you’ll see how worthless it is for anything lake-y.
Also though, let’s not pretend we wouldn’t strip mine Lake Tahoe if there was unobtainium under it.
It’s a manmade lake, for what it’s worth.