A lithium mine for EV batteries is coming to Arkansas, says Exxon
arstechnica.com
With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.

Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas::With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.

  • Destraight@lemm.eeEnglish
    288·
    1 year ago

    We should stop them from doing that. Exxon wanted to go so hard on making fuel and destroy the world, but now they want to start mining lithium? Nope. Stop them. They can’t do that. They don’t get to turn around and start being environmentally clean after what they’ve done. They still have yet to pay for all the damages they have caused

    • ChemicalPilgrim@lemmy.worldEnglish
      211·
      1 year ago

      We should embrace anything that gets us off fossil fuels faster even if it comes from companies that have contributed to the problem in the past. We don’t have time for purity tests if we actually want to tackle this problem.

    • Synthuir@lemmy.mlEnglish
      52·
      1 year ago

      Lithium mining isn’t exactly “environmentally clean”. At 500,000 gallons of water per metric ton of lithium mined and ~10kg of lithium per car battery, that makes each electric car take up at least 5,000 gallons of water just from the extraction process of the lithium, to say nothing of refining, transportation, and other components that also use lithium.

      Aaaand that’s all assuming there’s no localized pollution from the extraction process!

      Electric cars are not here to save us.

      • girthero@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        It may suck but its a path to get off fossil fuels which are worse overall. Also, alternative battery technologies are being developed that have less lithium and cobalt needs. I would like to see interchangeable batteries from manufactures so new batteries can easily be installed on old cars without it being a hardship to the owner.

      • Ильдар@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        1 year ago

        read about the lithium separation process, water evaporates into the environment rather than being used from it

      • mx_smith@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        They will just use the water from fracking. I’m not surprised Arkansas is allowing this, just look who the governor is.

    • umbrella@lemmy.mlEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      I doubt all this lithium will be good for the environment in the long run.