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Bucktabulous t1_jeezyda wrote

Reply to comment by lukefive in Inexpensive and environmentally friendly mechanochemical recycling process recovers 70% of lithium from batteries by chrisdh79

Time to mine the dried-up bed of the great Salt Lake, I guess.

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reven80 t1_jefligi wrote

Its happening with the Salton sea in California. Its rich in minerals and already polluted a long while back so not much animal life around.

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ApricotBeneficial452 t1_jef2j9l wrote

Excuse the tinfoil on my head, but is it being done ON PURPOSE?!

I have heard, but haven't retained the reason it is happening. Care to eli5?

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AgentTin t1_jefblzn wrote

Too many people in the desert using too much water. Farming is the biggest culprit. A long time ago they made a plan to distribute the water but they gave away too much even then. The problem has become worse because there hasn't been enough rain in the region for, like, a decade. Now unless people agree to stop using water the place could become uninhabitable, at least for the number of people who want to live there.

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Bucktabulous t1_jefsxcr wrote

Yeah, for whatever reason, they've chosen the deserts of Utah to grow Alfalfa, a grass-style feedstock that needs an upsetting amount of water.

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sillyslime89 t1_jeg5ki5 wrote

Alfalfa to ship to the Middle East to feed race horses for the royalty

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