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inwiththenew

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8. Lithium extraction and the environmental impacts of it are going to be a big issue going forward

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 01:28 PM

Apr 2021

The amount of batteries needed to power EV is expected to increase exponentially as more and more people and companies shift from internal combustion engines to electric vehicles.

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The rise of electric vehicles is disrupting life in a small Western community [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP

Environmentalists and ranchers making common cause? gratuitous Apr 2021 #1

I hope the company gets lost jimfields33 Apr 2021 #2

So we should destroy other countries? hunter Apr 2021 #4

I meant a different area in the U.S. jimfields33 Apr 2021 #11

Water is going to be a major problem dalton99a Apr 2021 #3

The right wing only "cares" about the environment when they are personally affected. Dawson Leery Apr 2021 #5

It'll change that little corner all right. It'll be the second lithium mine Hortensis Apr 2021 #6

This is why EVs are not necessarily the right solution. MineralMan Apr 2021 #7

Because lithium is more prevalent in basically large salt flats... Cheezoholic Apr 2021 #12

Lithium extraction and the environmental impacts of it are going to be a big issue going forward inwiththenew Apr 2021 #8

Indeed they will. MineralMan Apr 2021 #10

With Chile, Bolivia and Argentina holding the largest known deposits in the world... Cheezoholic Apr 2021 #9

"The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the one" - Spock maxsolomon Apr 2021 #13

Lithium is easily recycled Johnny2X2X Apr 2021 #14