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/Myjunkisonfire Sep 10 '23

Australia? I work at greenbushes. One of the biggest lithium mines in the world.

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u/alclarkey Sep 10 '23

Objection sustained. Shows how much I actually know.

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u/Vandergrif Sep 10 '23

Even then people are probably overworked and underpaid relative to what that labor is truly worth considering the relative profits, just not to a third world dysfunction level.