Lithium in a California lake could help U.S. gain energy autonomy

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NILAND, Calif. — Deep in the Southern California desert, a massive drill rig taps into what could be the energy of the future.

Temperatures in the region can reach 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and residents live under the threat of toxic dust caused by decades of agricultural runoff depositing chemicals into the Salton Sea, a saltwater lake.

But in the brine lies lithium, a key ingredient for electric vehicle batteries, and the billion-dollar drilling project promises to not only transform an impoverished region, but also help the United States gain energy independence.

“You can bring that brine to the surface" said Jim Turner, chief operating officer for Controlled Thermal Resources, the company conducting the project. "You have a lot of energy in the form of heat that you can use to do work.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/lithium-in-a-california-lake-could-help-us-gain-energy-autonomy/ar-AASUo6M

[Lovie777]

1. Whoa . . .

[Budi]

2. JULY 2021/GM to Source U.S.-Based Lithium for Next-Generation EV Batteries

GM to Source U.S.-Based Lithium for Next-Generation EV Batteries Through Closed-Loop Process with Low Carbon Emissions
Fri, July 2, 2021

Through an agreement with Controlled Thermal Resources, lithium will be sourced in part from California from a more environmentally friendly process than traditional lithium production
https://investor.gm.com/news-releases/news-release-details/gm-source-us-based-lithium-next-generation-ev-batteries-through
MORE..

General Motors Partners With Controlled Thermal For Local Low-Cost Lithium
https://www.google.com/amp/s/finance.yahoo.com/amphtml/news/general-motors-partners-controlled-thermal-192052982.html

About CTR. Controlled Thermal Resources Limited, through its project companies, provides lithium products and renewable energy with projects in advanced development in the United States. The public unlisted company was established in 2013 and has headquarters in Imperial Valley, California, USA and Brisbane, Australia.
https://www.cthermal.com/about-us

[Emile]

3. K&R

[bahboo]

4. this could really help this area....it is poor...

wonder how they would mitigate the pollution....

[pecosbob]

5. We're still trying to shut down a big one that is proposed here in Nevada on native land

Not sure if this new extractive technique is what it's cracked up to be, but my life's experience says that most any extractive process is very dirty and very unhealthy.

This from Las Vegas...we have license to complain about mining industry's impact on air and water quality. We have radioactive mountains a mile north of the city's edge, we get mercury in our air from every gold mine in the state and we have a gypsum mine and processing facility in the next valley over.