Salton Sea has been identified as a lithium-rich region and could yield enough for 375 million EV batteries, reshaping America's energy landscape.

A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs::undefined

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I’m sure this won’t have a major ecological impact, right? Right…?

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Consider the lake isn’t supposed be there in the first place…

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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.

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It’s got strongly developed post apocalypse vibes. You can pull down just about any street and be like “I should not be here…”

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Oh, that’s just lovely.

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No, we have to mine and destroy as much of the world as we can before the collapse, its the human way :)

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