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/rabidbot Sep 11 '23

Big oil will only resist green energy until they can replace or surpass profits of oil with it. The moment that equation works out for them it will become the most important thing in the history of mankind for us to immediately switch to green energy.

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u/davetronred Sep 11 '23

Yep, a bunch of hardline climate denying companies will suddenly be all about reversing carbon emissions. You love to see it.

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u/deathschemist Sep 11 '23

i don't care what the motive is, we need to move away from oil.

it's been high 20s celcius in fucking september in the UK, this is NOT normal!

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u/uzlonewolf Sep 11 '23

Well, it is now.

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u/roxzorfox Sep 11 '23

The sun is going through its final stages in its cycle and there are more solar flares...it kind of is normal, we will probably have a very cold winter as well because the warmer summer...think back to the beast from the east.

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u/davetronred Sep 12 '23

I don't understand what Goosebumps books have to do with climate change

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

At this point I'll take it.

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u/Efficient_Jaguar699 Sep 11 '23

Really hope this equation tips a little faster so we can get this show on the road sooner. It needed to happen like twenty years ago.

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u/broniesnstuff Sep 11 '23

The second a single cell on an Excel spreadsheet somewhere turns green, then the energy revolution will begin.

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u/Langsamkoenig Sep 11 '23

Problem is that will likely never happen. Since renewables are functionally infinite and everywhere you can't control the market as effectively. Which is why while they are trying to diversify, they'll also try to keep us on oil for as long as possible.

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u/jmlinden7 Sep 11 '23

Renewables require storage to be effective at a grid scale, and storage requires raw materials which are not infinite

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u/Langsamkoenig Sep 12 '23

They are functionally infinite. Iron, sodium, aluminium, carbon, a few other trace elements. The most abundant elements on earth. It's not like you need platinum like for fuel cells. Also once the battery is dead, everything can be recycled. It isn't just gone like oil is.

Oil giants won't be able to corner the market like they did with oil. That's just a fact. Which is why they won't let go until we make them.

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u/jmlinden7 Sep 12 '23

There's a finite number of locations where it can be profitably mined, which is the same exact business model that oil uses.

It also requires extensive refining to recycle, guess who has the most experience refining stuff?

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u/AlexB_SSBM Sep 11 '23

Which is already happening. There's a reason solar and wind growth has been absolutely explosive, and it's because battery technology has evolved an insane amount such that renewables make more money than oil.

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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '23

Sounds good, so we just continue destroying the planet until it’s convenient and sufficiently profitable for some random assholes?

You realize it’s actually profitable to do right now but they want it to be just as profitable, that’s never going to happen and it shouldn’t have to happen for us to be able to respond to this crisis that will kill billions in the near future

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u/MetalGhost99 Sep 12 '23

Big oil wont go anywhere for hundreds of years. To many important things as well as crucial things are made from oil. Even if we quit using it as an energy source we still need it.