r/Futurology • u/ToffeeFever • Sep 10 '23

Energy Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article
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u/SubtleVirtue Sep 10 '23

Do you want Balrogs? Because mining the untold wealth beneath a volcano is how you get Balrogs.

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u/fish1900 Sep 10 '23

Our javelins hit harder than middle earth’s.

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u/DukeOfGeek Sep 10 '23

No need to blow US$216,717 when the AT4 is nice and cheap.

"That was then, this is now"

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u/trowaman Sep 11 '23

My god, what is this clip from? Because I love it.

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u/DukeOfGeek Sep 11 '23

"Buffy the Vampire Slayer". In the waning days of ala carte television it ruled the evening syndication battlefield. You should binge it, it's all this good. Once you're done there's "Angel". Just as good.

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u/CharlieParkour Sep 11 '23

Still running on broadcast through Comet. I first saw it in syndication when it aired between 2-4am back in 2002.

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u/trowaman Sep 11 '23 edited Sep 11 '23

Man, I was thinking it was Buffy but thought the makeup looked too good for the 90s. Very cool!

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u/jamesbrownscrackpipe Sep 10 '23

The Americans dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Thacker Pass..........Manbearpig.

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u/FyourEchoChambers Sep 10 '23

Lead them on. The bridge is near.

Do as I say! Sword are no more use here!

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u/Squeakygear Sep 11 '23

Half man, half bear… half pig!

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u/RemyVonLion Sep 10 '23

The MIC has been longing for a worthy opponent.

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u/Geaux2020 Sep 11 '23

It sure as hell isn't Russia

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u/alclarkey Sep 10 '23

We can take em.

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u/AgentScreech Sep 10 '23

You fear to go into those mines. The corporations delved too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of McDermitt caldera... shadow and flame

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u/Vandergrif Sep 10 '23

They're definitely going to delve too greedily and too deep.

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u/izzem Sep 11 '23

Ooh, we'll get to see Earth's Hidden Fun Stuff.

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u/GoldenMegaStaff Sep 10 '23

I just want some di-lithium crystals. Balrogs won't stop Captain Kirk.

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u/elatedgourmet Sep 10 '23

If the balrog comes out you could call Trump the grey wizard, he would attract him outside the mexican border and shout to him "You shall not pass!!!"

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u/CharlieParkour Sep 11 '23

I'm getting more of a Saruman vibe from that dude. With Giuliani as Grima Wormtongue.

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u/morostheSophist Sep 11 '23

Both of those roles require a little thing called intelligence. I'll grant the orange dude maybe the intelligence level of the spiders in Mirkwood, who were incensed by a nonsense insult Bilbo made up on the spot ("Attercop!")

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u/CharlieParkour Sep 12 '23

I think Giuliani must have had some intelligence to be a DA, but has lost it to senility. Say what you will about Trump, but he knows how to manipulate people and use media. As far as running a business or a country...

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

There aren't any Balrogs or dragons guarding the lithium ore deposits in that volcano as far as I know.

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u/sharksnut Sep 11 '23

Just cave trolls

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u/gabawhee Sep 12 '23

“You hear that?! Balrogs! Now the whole office is in danger!”