While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there's another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that process economically viable.

While lithium extraction technologies generally focus on ways to get the essential metal out of the ground, there’s another source to mine: existing batteries that no longer work. A new technique could now make that process economically viable.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
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      4 days ago

      May well be bs but for different reasons.

      Algae is an alternative fuel and has no link to fossil fuels. This takes an existing but expired fuel and extracts usable material, or so it says. In any case they aren’t comparable.