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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by pjc50 on Monday October 18, 2021 @09:55AM (#28905457)
Having googled a bit, "five percent of the world's electricity used in crushing rocks in all mining" looks plausible.
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Re:The race to grab all the UK’s lithium before it’s too late by jjoonathan on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:44AM (#28906681)
I thought lithium generally came from salts and was slurped, not crushed?
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