[Rockhounds] Scientists discover $540 billion worth of 'white gold' sitting beneath giant lake

[Glen Miller]

The enviro groups are latching onto the latest money maker for them. I have
no respect for them. They lie, they misrepresent and work to confuse the
issues, all for their monetary benefit.


On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 1:58 PM Tim Fisher <nospam at orerockon.com> wrote:

> They just got sued by environmental groups last month. One would think that
> they would know that digging up some mud from a completely lifeless salt
> flat would be worth the millions of car batteries that could be made from
> it.
>
> Tim Fisher
> nospam at orerockon.com
>
>
>
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> Glen Miller
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> gold' sitting beneath giant lake
>
> Mining the lithium could provide and fund benefits to the whole lake.
> Funding disposal in some way of salt accumulation.
>
> On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 5:17 AM Kreigh Tomaszewski <kreigh at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > *Scientists have discovered $540 billion worth of 'white gold' sitting
> > underneath a huge lake.*
> >
> > Located in southern California <https://www.unilad.com/us-news>,
> > Salton Sea is the largest in the state and sits on a lithium
> > reservoir.
> >
> > While scientists knew that the chemical element
> > <https://www.unilad.com/science> was there, they didn't know just how
> > much lithium was beneath the lake - and the true amount is pretty
> astounding.
> >
> > Last year, it was revealed that there could actually be a staggering
> > 18 million tons of lithium - also referred to as 'white gold' due to
> > its value <https://www.unilad.com/money> and appearance - rather than
> > the previously thought figure of four million tons.
> >
> > For context, this would be enough to power
> > <https://www.unilad.com/environment> more than 382 million batteries
> > for electric vehicles <https://www.unilad.com/electric-cars>.
> >
> >
> > https://www.unilad.com/news/lithium-white-gold-lake-california-642347-
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