Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

California

Budi

(15,325 posts)

1. Water levels are already historically low. Waiting to find out how they 'make more water' next!

Reply to quaint (Original post)

Wed Nov 17, 2021, 10:06 AM

Nov 2021

Roughly 500,000 gallons of water goes into extracting 1 ton of lithium.

To put that into perspective, it takes around 1 tablespoon of lithium to produce 1 cell phone, meaning, 500,000 gallons of water would make 190,000 cell phones.

https://www.tcc.fl.edu › urcPDF
The Earthly Impacts of Extracting Lithium

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

3 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

How Drilling for Lithium in the Salton Sea Is Making For a More Sustainable Future [View all] quaint Nov 2021 OP

Water levels are already historically low. Waiting to find out how they 'make more water' next! Budi Nov 2021 #1

I fly over the Salton Sea several times per month. mn9driver Nov 2021 #2

I used to go fishing for corvina in the Salton Sea with my dad. hunter Nov 2021 #3