Lithium discovery in U.S. volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

[u/Sort_of_Frightening]

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article

[u/rancorog]

Yeah I’m not holding out hope electric cars are gonna do much of any good for the environment in America until I see more states move away from using fossil fuels as their primary energy source,live in Georgia and think driving a leaf is saving the environment?,in the long run it’s really not,we get a lot of our electricity from coal,especially if Georgia power is the one providing said electricity

[u/spambearpig → u/rancorog]

It may just be one leaf in the forest but it’s a small part of the change. On its own it’s not much but it adds up when it’s part of lots and lots of small changes. Your leaf will not shut down the coal power plant but the reasons the leaf was even made and sold are working their way through the whole economy and may well reach the coal power plant sooner or later.

[u/rancorog → u/[deleted]]

The next biggest ones being natural gas and nuclear,I know everything I’ve seen on natural gas is awful for the environment and the most recent nuclear plant here was insanely over budget and time which if that is the case would mean it is also awful for the environment in a different way.Merica’ gonna merica’ especially in the southeast

[u/eukomos → u/rancorog]

Coal is being rapidly outcompeted by modern technology, no one will use it for much longer. By the time we’ve finished electrifying everything else all the old coal plants will be defunct, no sense waiting for the last coal plant to get shut down before we start the other half of the project.