Lithium mining for EV batteries threatens WATER

Net zero at its best….net zero water! That should keeps us working class in order as we beg for a sip.

So glad you covered this issue
Lithium is highly toxic and highly soluble in water

It's probably china(ccp) that's the foriegn owned company there Nevada Silver Peak area.

If they were fair dinkum they would be planting billions of extra trees, but no. They bulldoze millions after millions to clear land for solar and wind 'farms', followed by more for transmission lines.

This is 200% the fault of world politicians allowing themselves to be bribed by the WEF, and then going full steam ahead without the slightest idea what they were doing, what the costs would be, whether their goals were even achievable and so much more. Calling them stupid is being kind. They are TRAITORS to their citizens. Should all be arrested and charged, and jailed for at least 20 years. Their action goes way beyond even being called incompetent. The PEOPLE of the world, must ACT. Otherwise their lives and standard of living will gradually vanish before their eyes. All for no reason at all. And certainly NOT because of climate change. Introducing EVs is NOT about climate change. IT is ultimately all about making cars so expensive that no one can afford the many more. The WEF do not want anyone travelling, at all.

I drove through Silver Peak about 20 years ago. There is not much human presence out there besides the lithium operation.

6.5 billion gallons per year? That's 20,000 acre-feet, and I can't imagine there is anything like that in yearly recharge into that basin. The groundwater is mostly emplaced from the last glacial period melt, that is, it's fossil water. And the lithium operation is essentially mining it.

Now there is probably a lot of groundwater, mostly deep and, on average, too highly mineralized to drink. Pumping could go on for many years before the operation is affected. What that depletion would do to the basin surface, I don't know. My opinion is not a whole lot – the surface is affected almost only by the annual precipitation.

I'm not a hydrologist, but I can do some numbers. I'm estimating the basin is about 250,000 acres. 20,000 acre-feet would make a layer about 1 inch deep. Well, that area surely gets more than one inch of precipitation per year, right? No doubt, but almost all that hits the ground either evaporates or transpires back to the air through plants. It doesn't make the journey through hundreds of feet of soil to join the water table. I'm betting the recharge is only a few thousands of acre-feet.

Well eventually and hope it doesn't happen after it is to late the American public are going to revolt over this because if they lose their drinking water and irrigation water there is going to be hell to pay because water in some aqua furs are almost gone in some places already just from farming, the American public especially the ones that don't believe in EVs are going to be pissed.

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Yeah but those pushing this green agenda don't care how many people become ill or die, how many species are decimated or how much of the environment is destroyed as long as they can "save" the planet, in other words make profits and enslave the surviving population.

They use evaporation. There are other methods for liquid pumped lithium that don't use so much water and there are hard rock mounts as well which are more traditional that use tumblers etc… I'm not s fan of the green crap but this is a bit of cherry picking..

That mining law from 1872 has been has been changed many, many times over the last 150 years. It is not even close to the same law as when it was introduced back in 1872. Plus there are other laws on the books that come into play too. Don't kid yourself about this, if anything you need to pay attention too, is someone trying to get permit waivers and other tricks.

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Worst part is that people are believing in this whole EV marketing and considering themselves as environmentalists just because they bought an EV.

Getting rid of oil, coal and gas, requires 100x the mining, and mineral processing intensity, that currently exists.
Also, a geological expert, a professor in Europe, has studied the planet's mineral reserves. We literally have thousands of years of oil, coal and gas, BUT we have less than one generation of Lithium reserves! There isn't enough Lithium to replace the existing passenger car fleet!!!

EV Cultists: “but EVs are green energy”

Me: “they are, if you ignore the cobalt mines in Africa or the lithium mines in China, and the processes & environmental toll it takes to get them”

Profits first. Nothing else matters. Sigh.

Maybe it’s time we live closer to our work so we don’t need to travel so much. Let’s go back to a simpler time.

It's mind boggling that the least competent/qualified people to make policy on this half assed "green energy" program….are making policy on this half assed green energy policy.

EV's are just for people who want to make themselves feel better, never mind the realities.

Canada again to the rescue — we'll never build more lithium mines cuz it takes 20 years or more to get a permit for any kind of mine or other infrastructure project under the Turdo gov. Yer welcome, eh?

I WON'T EVER OWN AN EV.