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Re:Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ... by Mistletoe on Sunday September 10, 2023 @02:57AM (#37453522)
How do they account for power outages? Huge generators? Or is it gas fired?
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Re:Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ... by iancmceachern on Sunday September 10, 2023 @03:33AM (#37453672)
From what I've read its gas
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Re:Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ... by pfdietz on Sunday September 10, 2023 @08:18AM (#37455145)
There are electrically heated glass furnaces. They work by immersing electrodes in the molten glass, which is electrically conductive, if somewhat resistive. I imagine they could use gas for startup though. The use I saw for this was in making fiberglass from recycled glass cullet.
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