Water Security Issues for Lithium Mining in Chile

Lithium is used to make electric car batteries, the apparent 'environmentally friendly' alternative to cars using Petrol or Diesel,. which of course comes from crude oil.

This article looks at the environmental impact of extracting Lithium from the ground. I have posted similar articles previously as the procerss uses significant amounts of ground water, which has an impact on both people and the environment.

Links

• Water Security Issues for Lithium Mining in Chile – pdf file
• Payne Institute for Public Policy
• Related Mastodon post, this is where I obtained the above link from

Tags

#Mining,#Tech,#Lithium,#GroundWater,#Environment

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