[Rockhounds] New "Energy Miracle" substance

[Mike Flannigan]

Hogwash.  Fair warning - I am a denier (oh, my), even though
I don't deny that we are experiencing global warming, as we have
for the last ~16,000 years.  Personally I think global warming
is good, but I admit I may be wrong about that.  Regardless, the
people who are pushing the global warming spectacle would consider
me a denier.

If this Lithium Carbonate improves the performance of batteries,
that could be a huge benefit to people.  If it actually produces
or converts electricity or energy, please provide the reaction used
and the exothermic KW per lb or joules per kg or But per lb, or
whatever it actually produces (or converts).

People also exalt the great "energy producing" potential of fuel
cells.  Nope, they just convert energy that is already there.
Almost at the same efficiency as burning hydrocarbons, but not
quite.  But they keep trying.

Thanks for keeping us informed Larry.



Mike
Houston, TX
24 ft above sea level



On 5/21/2017 2:00 PM, rockhounds-request at rockhounds.drizzle.com wrote:
> There has been quite a bit of stir in the energy futures stock market these days, pushing a ?revolutionary? new energy source, which is touted to replace oil, gas, etc. as a new ?super fuel? in the future. There is a lot of hype by these ?Penny Stock? pushers, who do not disclose what exactly this fuel is.
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> By digging around (no pun intended), on the Web, and reading the technical papers available, I personally believe that this new energy source is Lithium Carbonate, with a much higher ability to produce energy than the present pegmatitic lithium compounds.
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> The ore is found in brines, in deep deposits of old marine sediments, similar to the Trona deposits  in California. Not much for a mineral collector to get excited about here, unlike holding specimens of lepidolite, lithiophyllite, spodumene, etc., that we can free from pegmatites.
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> But, from a mineralogists point of view, this material, if it lives up to the hype, will be a new, important raw material for the next generation.
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> List member geologists or chemists, please correct any misstatements I put forth here?.there is a lot of speculation, and not a lot of hard facts on this subject as yet.
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> Larry Rush
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