Beneath a forgotten supervolcano in the American West lies a deposit that could quietly disrupt the global energy race. Scientists uncovered minerals with unexpected concentrations. The real surprise isn’t just how much was found—but how it got there.
  • Rentlar@lemmy.caEnglish
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    9 days ago

    Good for those geologists, but on the critical minerals front I’m more bullish on Sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery technology than Lithium.

  • GraniteM@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    I feel like this is the back story for some fucked up post-eco-apocalypse survival game.

    • 2025: Geologists Uncover the World’s “Largest Lithium Deposit” Under American Supervolcano, Worth 413 Billion Euros

    • 2037: Deep-bore mining of the supervolcano begins.

    • 2049: The supervolcano mine now accounts for 60% of all lithium mined, worldwide, despite increasingly urgent warnings by geologists of instability.

    • 2051: The Event.

    • 2057: Survivors of The Event begin to make contact across the ash desert once known as the United States.