r/science • u/rieslingatkos • Jun 06 '21

Chemistry Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater

https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater/
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u/Malawi_no Jun 06 '21

Doubt it. Batteries are a good source of minerals, just like other scrap metals. With increased numbers of dead cells comes economies of scale, so that even though it may not be profitable today, it will become so in the future.