L4sBotMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year agoA hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVsinterestingengineering.comexternal-linkmessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1227file-text
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minus-squarecapitallinkfedilinkEnglish14•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@spongebue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoHonestly, yes. Look that lake up and you’ll see how worthless it is for anything lake-y.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAlso though, let’s not pretend we wouldn’t strip mine Lake Tahoe if there was unobtainium under it.
minus-square@BreadstickNinja@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year 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.