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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by sinxoveretothex on Saturday December 17, 2016 @06:13AM (#13200209)
I've just read through the article: what do you see as 'dirty' about the salars? The fact that workers wear masks?
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Re:World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper T... by dghughes on Saturday December 17, 2016 @11:39AM (#13201280)
Like any mining operation you have to move a lot of earth use a lot of energy and dig up large regions.

The processing of the slurry to get the lithium after it's mined. All that water needed in a very arid region.

It was in contrast to lithium being easily recyclable compared to the vast scale of mining it.

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