L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoA hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down112file-text
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minus-squarecapital@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down2·9 months 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-squarespongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·9 months agoHonestly, yes. Look that lake up and you’ll see how worthless it is for anything lake-y.
minus-squareMaggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 months agoAlso though, let’s not pretend we wouldn’t strip mine Lake Tahoe if there was unobtainium under it.
minus-squareBreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoIt’s a manmade lake, for what it’s worth.
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.