All things aside, the drive for EV's is based upon Taxpayer subsidies. Kill that, and lithium mining dies...


SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The Salton Sea, located about 120 miles east of San Diego, is the largest inland body of water in the state of California.

But even on a sunny afternoon, you won't see it packed with boats or people lounging on the beach. This area has been declining for decades, but there is hope for the future.

Eight thousand feet below the Salton Sea is a chemical that some call "white gold".

The area wasn't always this depressed. Back in the 1950s, the Salton Sea was a playground for the rich and famous. The future here seemed bright. Even decades later, it wasn't nearly this bad.

"All of Main Street was full of businesses...everybody was working," said Javier Amezcua. 

He grew up near the Salton Sea, in the city of Calipatria. Now, he's Calipatria's mayor.

It hurts his heart to see the once thriving area filled with boarded up businesses and dealing with high unemployment. And making a bad situation worse, many of the town's residents suffer from breathing issues.

"Allergies are very high in this area. Asthma, bronchitis, a lot of different pulmonary ailments."

Agricultural runoff, including pesticides and fertilizer, eventually turned the Salton Sea into an environmental disaster.

And as the water evaporates, it exposes a toxic silt that is picked up by wind - spreading the poison into nearby towns. It's hit places like Calipatria hard. But now, for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Under the Salton Sea is one of the largest lithium deposits in the world.

Video at link.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/earth8/treasure-hidden-under-salton-sea-could-be-inside-the-next-car-you-buy/509-238dc7b8-d82c-4a3a-9f24-a84354103729

Quote from: Solar on December 02, 2023, 11:22:31 AMAll things aside, the drive for EV's is based upon Taxpayer subsidies. Kill that, and lithium mining dies...


SAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The Salton Sea, located about 120 miles east of San Diego, is the largest inland body of water in the state of California.

But even on a sunny afternoon, you won't see it packed with boats or people lounging on the beach. This area has been declining for decades, but there is hope for the future.

Eight thousand feet below the Salton Sea is a chemical that some call "white gold".

The area wasn't always this depressed. Back in the 1950s, the Salton Sea was a playground for the rich and famous. The future here seemed bright. Even decades later, it wasn't nearly this bad.

"All of Main Street was full of businesses...everybody was working," said Javier Amezcua. 

He grew up near the Salton Sea, in the city of Calipatria. Now, he's Calipatria's mayor.

It hurts his heart to see the once thriving area filled with boarded up businesses and dealing with high unemployment. And making a bad situation worse, many of the town's residents suffer from breathing issues.

"Allergies are very high in this area. Asthma, bronchitis, a lot of different pulmonary ailments."

Agricultural runoff, including pesticides and fertilizer, eventually turned the Salton Sea into an environmental disaster.

And as the water evaporates, it exposes a toxic silt that is picked up by wind - spreading the poison into nearby towns. It's hit places like Calipatria hard. But now, for the first time in a long time, there is hope.

Under the Salton Sea is one of the largest lithium deposits in the world.

Video at link.

https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/outreach/earth8/treasure-hidden-under-salton-sea-could-be-inside-the-next-car-you-buy/509-238dc7b8-d82c-4a3a-9f24-a84354103729

Based on how the public is figuring out the EV scam, I think the lithium mining business will not flourish.

Quote from: supsalemgr on December 02, 2023, 12:03:01 PMBased on how the public is figuring out the EV scam, I think the lithium mining business will not flourish.

Agree.
It still could for a few years just on demand alone. But remove the car Mkt and it would in essence fold.
I bought 20 year life lead acid batteries nearly 20 years ago, long before lithium, they are for the most part at the end of life.
So I opted for lithium, at a fraction of the cost and enough power for two homes.
If not for subsidies in the Mkt, I doubt I could have afforded half of them.

The last bank I bought should have been 4 times the size, but that would have coast over 100 grand.
This system will never need assistance from my generator ever.
Yes, there is a Mkt for them, but only as long as the Govt subsidizes them.

Quote from: Solar on December 02, 2023, 11:22:31 AMSAN DIEGO COUNTY, Calif. — The Salton Sea, located about 120 miles east of San Diego, is the largest inland body of water in the state of California.

The Salton Sea is not a natural lake.
It is a man made lake.
Or, more accurately, it's a man made mistake!
Just over 100 years ago, they tried to create an aqueduct
to carry water from the Colorado River to Los Angeles.
Due to a surveying error (the elevations were wrong)
water overflowed the banks of the aqueduct,
and formed the Salton Sea.
It should be possible to block that channel,
and just wait for the lake to dry up.

They're going to dig 8,000 feet? Open pit?

Quote from: Rick on December 02, 2023, 03:19:40 PMThey're going to dig 8,000 feet? Open pit?

     

This should be interesting. I think they plan of sucking it up as molten hot.
Digging a pit seems a lot easier.

Yea but this is California.

Quote from: Rick on December 02, 2023, 07:59:32 PMYea but this is California.

Virtually the entirety of the Ca Valley is a false ecosystem, where it should be allowed to flood every year.
The left is all about control and commonsense be damned, which is why they protect a nonnative fish in the Bay Area Delta, so it wouldn't surprise me if they claim the Salton sea as a specialized habitat they deem deserves protecting.

I guarantee you, there is already a group out bleeding at the heart for Gaia's desert, that even a new road out there, is a scar on Mother Earth's face...