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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by beached_whale on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:26AM (#28905206)
I have heard that globally about 2% of energy goes to crushing rocks. Or so said years ago a government geologist I was chatting with. But I am thinking they meant harder ores in general

So 5% isn’t that far off.

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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by tokai on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:50AM (#28905415)
If 2% of global energy goes in to crushing rocks - in general. Then 5% to crushing lithium is so far off that its hilarious, unless nearly all rocks crushed are crushed for lithium.
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