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Post by bluesmoke on Sept 11, 2023 16:08:08 GMT -5
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – In the scientific journal Science Advances, Thomas R. Benton and his colleagues published a paper last month showing that a volcanic crater, the McDermitt Caldera, stretching across the Nevada and Oregon border may have doubled the world’s accessible lithium deposits. There are an estimated 88 million tons of lithium reserves in the world, but only about 22 million can be mined, practically speaking. But in the Thacker Pass area of the Caldera, on the Nevada side of the border, there may be 20 to 40 million tons of lithium. It is locked up in illite claystones, from which it can be extracted relatively easily. It is estimated to be the single largest lithium deposit now known in the world. Mining is slated to begin in 2026.
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Post by bluesmoke on Sept 11, 2023 16:10:48 GMT -5
More good energy news: (a record will be set)
NEW YORK, Aug 8 (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil production is expected to rise by 850,000 barrels per day to record 12.76 million bpd in 2023, according to a monthly report from the Energy Information Administration on Tuesday.
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