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A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs
(interestingengineering.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Dec 2023
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I’m sure this won’t have a major ecological impact, right? Right…?
It's got strongly developed post apocalypse vibes. You can pull down just about any street and be like "I should not be here.."
Now I want to visit. I mean, there should be 1000 and 1 reason to visit USA and California in particular, but that's the first one which really gives a feeling.
You certainly have a way with words.
Thank you kindly 😊
Oh, that’s just lovely.
If a person IS strangely into all of that stuff then I actually recommend the annual Fallout New Vegas festival they hold in Goodsprings Nevada, instead.
The lake was a runoff for the colorado river back when farmers over used water and the leftover was dumped ino that "lake". The lake in its current state is too saline and dried up to ecologically be stable. The buildup of farm chems over the year cause dust in problems in socal when winds picked it up.
Well, when you put it that way using a part of the country we already ruined to try and help us not ruin any more of it, it sounds like a damn good idea
Consider the lake isn't supposed be there in the first place...
The entire thing is a lesson in the hubris of man. It was created as a major ecological impact of a failed engineering project. It's being destroyed by irrigation.
No, we have to mine and destroy as much of the world as we can before the collapse, its the human way :)
The lake is the major ecological impact, if you bother to read up on the background of that area.