A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs::undefined

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    7 months ago

    It really doesn’t seem feasible, I mean how are they going to get the third world children there to mine it?

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        7 months ago

        What if I told you there are more practical vehicles out there that can also tow things, and few people actually tow anything particularly heavy?

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          7 months ago

          few people actually tow anything particularly heavy?

          Therefore nobody needs a truck?

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            7 months ago

            If that’s what I thought, I would have said “no people” instead of “few people”

            There are a ton of pickup trucks on the road. The Ford F-Series has been the best selling car in the US for decades. Since the context is about that and towing, do you really think the number of pickups on the road is proportional to people who really need that kind of towing capacity as they drive around suburbia?

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    7 months ago

    Sounds like so much. Than you stop for a second and realize how many cars there are in the USA and go “huh”.

    (It is 289million cars. My guess, this would probably last 15-20 years.)

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    7 months ago

    I think they mean the Salton Valley. There’s no such place as the Salton Sea. Never was.