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1. How much lithium is thrown away and end up in municipal dumps?

Reply to OKIsItJustMe (Original post)

Tue Jun 9, 2015, 02:05 PM

Jun 2015

We need to make it easier to recycle batteries, among other things

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Quest to Mine Seawater for Lithium Advances [View all] OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 OP

How much lithium is thrown away and end up in municipal dumps? -none Jun 2015 #1

Unfortunately recycling Lithium Ion batteries is not like recycling paper OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #2

AN ABUNDANCE OF LITHIUM kristopher Jun 2015 #3

Both parts are… seven years old… OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #4

"Has anything changed since then?" kristopher Jun 2015 #5

Tesla's Lithium Supply Constraints Might Hamper Its Growth OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #6

Poor little hydrogen loving feller just can't face the facts... kristopher Jun 2015 #7

BU-308: Availability of Lithium OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #8

You really need to stop huffing the hydrogen... kristopher Jun 2015 #9

Rare Metals Supply and Demand OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #10

ROFL - Again, just reiterating basic natural resource economics doesn't show ... kristopher Jun 2015 #11

Critical materials research needed to secure U.S. manufacturing, officials say OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #12

Dear Hydrogen Dude: just saying it doesn't make it so... kristopher Jun 2015 #13

Lithium hydroxide prices edge up on tighter supply OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #14

Dear Hydrogen Dude: Yes, and...? kristopher Jun 2015 #15

Hydrogen Haters nationalize the fed Jun 2015 #16

Strangely enough… OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #17

You are participating in a well known FUD campaign. kristopher Jun 2015 #18

It seems odd to me that the Critical Materials Institute is engaged in FUD OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #19

No, the govt scientists are legitimate kristopher Jun 2015 #20

I see… Perhaps you need greater context for one of my earlier posts… OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #21

Are you claiming you honestly don't know the difference between... kristopher Jun 2015 #22

You’ve put words in my mouth from the very start OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #23

Of course you can't document that... kristopher Jun 2015 #24

Please, point to where I said there was a “lack of a raw resource” OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #25

Your post #6 coming as a response to exchange in posts 3-5. kristopher Jun 2015 #26

Post #6 does not say there is a lack of Lithium in the world OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #27

Sure Hydrogen Dude, whatever you now say... kristopher Jun 2015 #28

As I said, you’ve put words in my mouth. OKIsItJustMe Jun 2015 #29

Sure Hydrogen Dude, whatever you now say. kristopher Jun 2015 #30

I Think You Guys Would Argue With Yourselves I You Didn't Have Each Other CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #32

Human Ingenuity Concurs All CajunBlazer Jun 2015 #31