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Their results suggest that the Marcellus Shale "has the capacity to provide significant lithium yields for the foreseeable future" โ€“ as long as fracking continues, that is.

If scientists can extract even a conservative amount of lithium from fracking wastewater in the state, they calculate it could meet more than 30 percent of the current US demand.

That sounds really promising, but the potential environmental impact of extracting lithium from fracking wastewater is as yet unexplored, and the wastewater only exists if fracking activity continues.

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[-] betelgeuse@hexbear.net 57 points 6 months ago

sorry we gotta go green by continuing to extract natural gas so we can get lithium for batteries

i don't make the rules

[-] Speaker@hexbear.net 36 points 6 months ago

So this means Trump wins the election because the US can't help but do regime change whenever lithium is found.

[-] CyberSyndicalist@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

Biden will win after some random fishermen btfo the cia.

[-] somename@hexbear.net 31 points 6 months ago

Time to bring freedom to Pennsylvania. Senator Fetterman, your people yearn for liberation!

[-] Crowtee_Robot@hexbear.net 28 points 6 months ago

It seems like Pennsylvania's final fate is as a massive pit devoid of any resource.

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 14 points 6 months ago

huh i guess fallout 3 predicted the future.

[-] Leon_Frotsky@hexbear.net 23 points 6 months ago

Incoming barrage of media stories about human rights violations in the autocratic dictatorship of Pennsylvaniastan under the depraved rule of Senator Fettaffi

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 19 points 6 months ago

hey maybe somebody will come up with a non-fracking way to get at this stuff.

[-] Robert_Kennedy_Jr@hexbear.net 30 points 6 months ago

It's fracking or child slaves, sorry I don't make the rules.

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 13 points 6 months ago
[-] RedWizard@hexbear.net 20 points 6 months ago

Lead based lunchables, nothing more, nothing less.

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 21 points 6 months ago

China will probably mainstream non lithium batteries right as America starts building this stuff. But don't worry, the US will put 100% tariffs on them.

[-] JohnBrownNote@hexbear.net 17 points 6 months ago

maybe not if we vote for 99% tariff-hitler.

[-] Evilphd666@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

How convenient ๐Ÿ™„

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