Wait… enough material for 375 million vehicle batteries?
In 2022, the US produced 17.3 million electric vehicles for domestic use, not counting imports.
Assuming no increase in production, that will last less than 22 years, if all lithium is extracted without losses and converted to vehicle batteries only.
Add in losses and other uses for lithium, and that deposit will last a decade, tops.
On the plus side, they don’t need to worry about environmental destruction, considering what currently sits on top of it.
A major fault line runs through that lake.
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There is still a great deal of sensitive habitat around Salton Sea. Some of the most beautiful desert spring blooms i have seen in my life were in that area.
Fun fact, the Alamo sea in GTA V is based on the Salton Sea
The spice must flow. I’m envisioning this harvesting process as that of Arrakis, complete with plumes of choking dust for the locals.
