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Green Dilemma: Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Could Provide Half the USA’s Lithium Needs
« on: June 10, 2024, 05:48:17 am »
Green Dilemma: Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Could Provide Half the USA’s Lithium Needs
16 hours ago Eric Worrall 

h/t Gunga Din; They have to extract the gas to get to the Lithium…

Major lithium discovery in fracking wastewater leaves the left facing EV ‘irony’

One Democrat welcomed the news, calling it an opportunity for job creation and reduced reliance on China

By Charles Creitz Fox News
Published June 8, 2024 4:00am EDT

The discovery of the potential for thousands of tons of lithium to be extracted annually from wastewater generated by fracking in the Marcellus Shale leaves proponents of a green energy future at a crossroads, Republicans said Thursday.

A University of Pittsburgh study suggested processing byproducts from natural gas production in Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale basin could potentially meet nearly half of U.S. lithium needs. The typical electric vehicle (EV) requires nearly 18 pounds of lithium to power its battery. That figure grows exponentially for Teslas, according to reports.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/06/09/green-dilemma-pennsylvania-fracking-wastewater-could-provide-half-the-usas-lithium-needs/
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Re: Green Dilemma: Pennsylvania Fracking Wastewater Could Provide Half the USA’s Lithium Needs
« Reply #1 on: June 10, 2024, 05:51:09 am »
It will depend on which nabob(s) are most heavily invested in the extraction process, not the environment, that will determine what is done. :yowsa:
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