r/technology • u/ourlifeintoronto • Sep 10 '23

Transportation 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/JTP1228 Sep 11 '23

4 astronauts must become miners...

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u/SaxManJonesSFW Sep 11 '23

Nah it’ll just be easier to train 4 geologists to go to space

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u/YesMan847 Sep 11 '23

no it's train 4 volcanologists to go into the center of the earth instead of 4 miners.

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u/The-Sound_of-Silence Sep 11 '23

The best part of this statement: Of everyone that landed on the moon so far, one was a verified scientist, a geologist - Harrison Schmitt, still alive!

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u/SaxManJonesSFW Sep 12 '23

I'm still just trying to figure out why I forgot that volcanologists were a thing... I mean obviously the joke still landed but...

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u/Legitimate_Tea_2451 Sep 11 '23

Miners, not minors