Lithium Batteries & The Green New Deal
Lithium is refined from ore using sulfuric acid.
The proposed lithium mine at Thacker Pass, Nevada is estimated to require up to 75 semi-loads of sulfuric acid a day!
The acid does not turn into unicorn food as AOC believes.
Refining lithium has created several EPA SUPERFUND SITES. IT IS VERY TOXIC TO THE ENVIRONMENT.!
A battery in an electric car, let’s say an average Tesla, is made of:
25 pounds of lithium,
60 pounds o fnickel,
44 pounds of manganese,
30 pounds of cobalt,
200 pounds of copper,
and
400 pounds of aluminum, steel, and plastic, etc…. averaging 750-1,000 pounds of minerals, that had to be mined and processed into a battery that merely stores electricity….
Electricity which is generated by oil, gas, coal, or water (and a tiny fraction of wind and solar)….
That is the truth, about the lie, of “green” energy.
There’s nothing green about the “Green New Deal”.
You people better learn how to vote or this nonsense will continue to flow down on top of you from the throne of government upon of which you put these people.
Stop drinking the Green New Deal’s sulfuric acid Kool-Aid!
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Elon Musk was asked about lithium….he replied that it is very common…even in sea water. He didn’t point out that it is not economical to mine Li in most cases and it is not being recycled because it is too expensive and difficult to recycle. He said Nickel was less common but iron could be used instead of Nickel. Does Elon know that H2 is even more common than Li?
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