Reply to post: "Green Lithium"

Lithium production needs investment to keep pace with battery demand

Mike 137 Silver badge

"Green Lithium"

If by 'green' they mean minimal environmental impact, that's hard to believe. Even DLE only yields 1-2 grams of impure lithium chloride per litre of brine, so vast volumes of water (and masses of electricity) are needed. Conventional evaporative extraction (the dominant current method) is even worse. So however it's extracted lithium is good battery stuff, but very far from 'green'.

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