Why The EV Industry Is Betting On This Lithium Mining Breakthrough

A suite of new, but largely unproven, technologies known as direct lithium extraction could revolutionize lithium mining from brine, making it more efficient and sustainable and eliminating the need for large evaporation ponds. A number of companies including EnergyX, Lilac Solutions, and Standard Lithium are entering the DLE market and getting ready for commercial implementation across South America and the U.S., while automakers like BMW, GM and Ford are investing.
Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:55 - The need for DLE
04:17 - Different approaches
10:50 - Road to commercialization
CORRECTION (June 5, 2023): At 12:16 in the video we state that Bolivia was previously considering using DLE technology from both EnergyX and Lilac Solutions. In fact, the Bolivian government is still considering a future partnership with Lilac Solutions.
Produced, Shot and Edited by: Katie Brigham
Animation: Christina Locopo, Jason Reginato
Supervising Producer: Jeniece Pettitt
Additional Footage: Albemarle, EnergyX, Lilac Solutions, Standard Lithium, Sunresin, Livent, Getty Images
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Why The EV Industry Is Betting On This Lithium Mining Breakthrough

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  • @kenoliver8913
    @kenoliver8913 Жыл бұрын

    Another source of lithium-bearing brine is very common and widely dispersed around the drier but populated parts of the world - desalination plants. The day may come when most desal plants have a DLE plant attached.

  • @ccommack

    @ccommack

    Жыл бұрын

    It makes things a bit more elegant, that so many of those desal plants are located in nations that are looking for their next act, in a world that is increasingly no longer buying their fossil fuels.

  • @nobodysonofpeleus3421
    @nobodysonofpeleus3421 Жыл бұрын

    iam excited. invested in Allkem and Cleantech Lithium and Lake Resources. looking forward to the future.

  • @sn5301679

    @sn5301679

    Жыл бұрын

    But they might have low ESG score if didnt have ranbow icons... Unlike big oil corps with high ESG scores.

  • @nobodysonofpeleus3421

    @nobodysonofpeleus3421

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sn5301679 I only care for the fact that they are great companies. At least for Allkem and Cleantech Lithium I can say that with great certainty. Lake is bad at communication. Iam very happy with Allkem, and very excited about what the Future of Cleantech Lithium might bring. Their communication is great. and the possibility of DLE is enough for me to have a good feeling about nature.

  • @Smart-money911
    @Smart-money91110 ай бұрын

    Nice summary of the challenges facing lithium supply

  • @ravenfeeder1892
    @ravenfeeder1892 Жыл бұрын

    What happens to all the metals that are classed as "impurities" in this process? Hopefully they are isolating and using those as well.

  • @JDMHaze

    @JDMHaze

    Жыл бұрын

    lol yea ok😂

  • @Q_QQ_Q

    @Q_QQ_Q

    Жыл бұрын

    LoL 🤣

  • @GrasponReality

    @GrasponReality

    Жыл бұрын

    In brine it's mostly sodium ions

  • @kinngrimm

    @kinngrimm

    Жыл бұрын

    In the US? nah thats what rivers and landfills are for

  • @pbs36

    @pbs36

    Жыл бұрын

    It depends on the process. In one case, the brine is pulled up, the lithium extracted and the brine goes back to the soil where it was taken from.

  • @arfinharun742
    @arfinharun742 Жыл бұрын

    Watching this video made me realize how much I need this watch in my collection. It's absolutely stunning!

  • @dirk143

    @dirk143

    Ай бұрын

    Laco Atacama?

  • @ivanbarbosa81
    @ivanbarbosa81 Жыл бұрын

    Great video as usual

  • @smsm-ri4hi
    @smsm-ri4hi6 ай бұрын

    Very beautiful video thank you❤❤❤

  • @Jo-mu2th
    @Jo-mu2th Жыл бұрын

    Very good succinct and informative

  • @America1st69

    @America1st69

    Жыл бұрын

    But you still can't explain to me logically how electric vehicles are better for the environment because they are not

  • @NataliaZarina
    @NataliaZarina3 ай бұрын

    Thank you for making this!

  • @ykdavid
    @ykdavid Жыл бұрын

    Great! I was just thinking we need more patents and monopolies!

  • @DynamicHaze
    @DynamicHaze Жыл бұрын

    What about MOFs, I remember hearing about it basically being a mebrane that functions like a filter seperating the lithium out if the brine.

  • @cybertrk

    @cybertrk

    Жыл бұрын

    Clogging issues

  • @DynamicHaze

    @DynamicHaze

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cybertrk makes sense clogging makes it inefficient.

  • @josemauriciomallea
    @josemauriciomallea11 ай бұрын

    Lilac and their partner Lake Resources just extended their time to production by 3-4 years, when everyone thought they were at the cusp of production in the near future 23/24. Very disappointing. DLE does not appear to be easy. Each location is site and chemical specific and requires and carries a varying volume of challenges.

  • @jackfieldsjack1061

    @jackfieldsjack1061

    11 ай бұрын

    Same with other lithium producers

  • @korbi2275

    @korbi2275

    8 ай бұрын

    Yup because every brine is unique and requires a unique approach

  • @HammerinWA
    @HammerinWA Жыл бұрын

    Great report

  • @victorco.6308
    @victorco.6308 Жыл бұрын

    Great overview

  • @user-pl8zx4ib1w
    @user-pl8zx4ib1w10 ай бұрын

    Brings to mind the old adage necessity is the mother of invention

  • @timogul
    @timogul Жыл бұрын

    Why don't they use "closed loop" brine systems? Instead of using ponds, just pump the brine through solar-heated pipe networks, raising its temperature near to boiling, then dumped into a "finishing vat" that boils off the remaining water and thoroughly dries the lithium, just like the ponds do. They can even capture the steam and re-condense it to send back for more lithium. This is similar to how sugar is made.

  • @albex8484

    @albex8484

    Жыл бұрын

    cost? Letting the sun dry the tons of water is much cheaper. I think the DLE they describe here is another technic that doesnt require so much energy.

  • @timogul

    @timogul

    Жыл бұрын

    @@albex8484 Well, that's why I said they should use solar heating for most of the process, but I have to think that containing the water and not have to use trucks to scoop up the lithium salts would make the process much much faster and more efficient.

  • @altruismfirst6489

    @altruismfirst6489

    Жыл бұрын

    2% of mined Li brine is used in every 1 tonne of EV battery needing 500,000 tonnes of mined brine - this is not the solution for 8 billion people be ware of the LIes ahead.

  • @gregparrott

    @gregparrott

    Жыл бұрын

    I get what you're saying. And yet, whether solar energy is obtained from concentrating panels or is spread out over a large pond, the heat (energy) of vaporization of water is the same regardless of the means used. Using the metric system, it requires 1 calorie to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by one degree centigrade, and then it takes 540 calories for the phase change to convert 1 gram of water at 100C to 1 gram of steam at 100C. Under ideal conditions, sun directly overhead (such as at the equator, at noon, during the equinox), and cloudless skies, the solar flux is ~1300 watts per square meter. I have a 1500 Watt electric kettle, so it will evaporate water faster than a square meter of water either in a pond or exposed to the concentrated rays from a square meter of solar panel. Either way, it takes a LOT of energy to evaporate even an ounce of water. When we're talking here about tens of millions of gallons, it will required a HUGE area. Plus, the minerals in a brine solution will slow the evaporative process. Plus the average solar flux over the course of a day is far less than 1300 W/m^2 From this perspective, I don't see concentrating panels offer any advantage in terms of, speed, cost, or surface area. In that case, the only advantage is that the steam can be condensed (via. yet more equipment) and used for later stage purification and/or injection into the ground in order to leach more minerals than what the brine solution already has to offer. There is a L O T less water in canes of sugar than ponds of brine. There may also be another benefit for cane, such as breaking down the cellulose in order to extract sugar.

  • @timogul

    @timogul

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gregparrott Right, but you _can_ concentrate that solar energy using mirrors and lenses to use less surface area, and you can do it in areas where maybe giant open pits would be a bad idea. At the very least, instead of the water evaporating into the air, you can recycle it, collecting it at a near-boiling level and sending it back down to pick up new lithium, retaining a portion of the heat from the process. I'm not saying it would "cost nothing," but it should be considerably faster and have _less_ overall cost to it than the giant pools. It just takes more cost to set up in the first place. Also, as far as sugar goes, they tend to add a lot of water into the process before they then take it back out. The intermediate process is very liquid.

  • @greenleafyman1028
    @greenleafyman1028 Жыл бұрын

    It's good to know this. I hope they will solve the other problems of lithium especially the low useful life and the e-waste problem.

  • @kart44

    @kart44

    Жыл бұрын

    You cant make power and have some sort f enviromental impact.

  • @bryanstrom812

    @bryanstrom812

    Жыл бұрын

    If your talking about batteries, there are now MANY batteries that get 3,000 or more cycles of use, and they are now highly recycled, with 95% or more of the metals recoverable.

  • @didierpuzenat7280

    @didierpuzenat7280

    Жыл бұрын

    e-wastes is another issue, a battery is made of metals, so it can be recycled.

  • @bunnyben5607

    @bunnyben5607

    Жыл бұрын

    Batteries can be recycled, however it's not economical to do so. If you see Lion batteries getting recycled, it's most likely they're removing the non-lithium components such as copper for the copper electrodes and other metals like cobalt. The actual lithium itself usually gets disposed of, since it's about 5x cheaper just to use the mined stuff.

  • @bryanstrom812

    @bryanstrom812

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bunnyben5607 Nonsense. BASF, Dupont, LiCycle, Redwood, American Battery Technology and many others will be recycling. They all get 95% or better of the metals back from the packs, which is exponentially better than the initial mining. It's already underway. With their processes, it is now much cheaper to recycle.

  • @joe-hp4nk
    @joe-hp4nkАй бұрын

    Lithium is everywhere, it's the most plentiful element on the planet.

  • @AWildBard
    @AWildBard Жыл бұрын

    Good video.

  • @Sydney-Ghumo
    @Sydney-Ghumo10 ай бұрын

    All my Li stocks crached this July. 😂🎉

  • @omargjuarez1
    @omargjuarez1 Жыл бұрын

    What if my massive potash mine produces so much brine I can't figure out what to do with I and I pump it into a disposal well?

  • @wilfredkeeling1455
    @wilfredkeeling1455 Жыл бұрын

    Another expensive white powder. Demand is high, good to see new ideas on supply.

  • @IllusiveDude
    @IllusiveDude Жыл бұрын

    I'll stick with my Llama for my daily commute. it only takes grass and water!

  • @SebAnders

    @SebAnders

    Жыл бұрын

    And it spits at potential llama thieves! Excellent security system

  • @rmar127
    @rmar127 Жыл бұрын

    What about mineral accretion through electrolysis.

  • @9realitycheck9
    @9realitycheck96 ай бұрын

    As EVs are gaining popularity the tech is evolving quickly. So today's Lithium-Ion is LIKELY NOT the end of innovation in regards to Energy Storage (i.e. batteries or fuel). Wow lithium batteries have provided remarkable improvements over lead and nickel cadmium products, the lithium battery technologies still have limitations. First off they do have safety concerns in regards to fires, they are extremely heavy, the charging is slow and the storage is still not at par with the energy density of petroleum products. Energy density is the key. Most products are moved by truck in Western society and a large truck simply cannot be equipped with lithium batteries due to the weight that you would have to add. For every pound of weight the battery adds to the vehicle that is a pound less of supplies the vehicle can transport. To give you a example on how much weight these batteries add to a vehicle a Tesla sedan weighs approximately 800 more pounds curb weight than a gasoline powered Ford F-150 truck! A tractor-trailer that has the power to pull a typical 18-wheel rig outfitted with batteries for the same range as the diesel tanks on a typical rig would add an additional 15-30k pounds (8-12k kilograms) .. 😮 With the breakthroughs of graphene and sodium ion batteries and the revolution of fuel cells powered with hydrogen, we will continue to see the evolution of the electric power and storage of energy for vehicles. The energy density is key. If a sodium ion battery for a hydrogen powered fuel cell power plant can we 50 percent less than a lithium battery system it would be a game-changer and really take electrification of vehicles to the next level. I'm no petroleum Fanboy or an anti lithium battery dude I'm just providing some additional information and pointing out the fact that things change technology evolves and nothing stays the same.

  • @Robo7ick
    @Robo7ick11 ай бұрын

    Good overview - they should have included Vulcan Energy (ASX:VUL) in this video as an interesting Geothermal / Sorption-type lithium extracting "DLE" company. Although it was there between the lines I wish they explained more that "DLE" is a misleading/blanket term since there are many types of "DLE" and the "DLE" is only one part of the overall process. Also, there is no such thing as going from brine straight to Lithium product through some magic technique.... many processes before and after the supposed "DLE" in the flow sheet. The overall process needs to be looked at. One of the great features of geothermal and some features specific to Vulcan are.... Heated brine assist the sorption and other processes due to brine already being hot - that is a lot of energy for free. They will also generate electricity for their own use and excess electricity sold - geothermal works day and night. Also provides efficient heating to the surrounding commercial/residential areas. Final conversion of LiCl to Lithium with eletrolysis.... no further reagents needed. Bonus is that they will not be operating in a water scarse area and will produce an end product close to customers. No shipping intermediate or raw materials all over the place for further processing and conversion, limited reagents, no fossil fuels.

  • @brentcooper9175

    @brentcooper9175

    7 ай бұрын

    lol Vulcan Energy didn't pay them.

  • @TukozAki
    @TukozAki10 ай бұрын

    I didn't get the chemical and energy parts ie. requirements of these DLE projects. Now faster extraction ultimately means faster exhaustion of the resource.

  • @thade8534
    @thade853410 ай бұрын

    Standard Lithium Ltd. has petitioned the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission to make a royalty payment determination to mineral right owners/land owners for Li products produced by their Pilot Plant with Lanxess tail brine in South Arkansas. Their petition requests the continuing operation of this Plant with sales of the completed Li product. This could be an important development indicating the validity of their processes and chances of commercial development, as I see it.

  • @TexusNoe365247
    @TexusNoe365247 Жыл бұрын

    Does Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) reduce the amount of CO2 released into the atmosphere? Is it carbon negative?

  • @altruismfirst6489

    @altruismfirst6489

    Жыл бұрын

    Never as 2% of mined Li brine is used to make those1 tonne of EV batteries needing 500,000 tonnes of mined brine - this is not the solution for 8 billion people be ware of the LIes ahead.

  • @sarahm.2053
    @sarahm.20538 ай бұрын

    I wonder which companies would buy the lithium ore. I know a US company mining in Africa for Lithium ore and are stock piling to sell to a processing plant. I'm not sure if there are USA buyers for lithium ore or if it all goes to China to be processed.

  • @lateral1385
    @lateral138511 ай бұрын

    Let's go! ⚡️

  • @davidroussell5118
    @davidroussell5118Ай бұрын

    @ 0:45 I smell supply and demand for lithium. Sounds like opportunities in the lithium stocks!

  • @Firestorm637
    @Firestorm637 Жыл бұрын

    Lithium carbonate for lithium IRON batteries. Lithium Hydroxide, expensive , for high performance lithium ION batteries, NCM/NCA. Most EV batteries, at least entry level cars, lithium Iron batteries. Less toxic, cheaper, more cycles and full use of battery, 0-100%. Lithium Iron easier to recycle but less energy dense/little heavier but rare fires.

  • @bryanstrom812

    @bryanstrom812

    Жыл бұрын

    That's why the lithium manganese phosphate batteries kick ass. They are fire safe like LFP, have a similar lifespan, and higher power density & voltage.

  • @richardservatius5405
    @richardservatius54058 ай бұрын

    they left out recycling - see Redwood ind. how about using what is injected back into the ground?

  • @giakhanhs731
    @giakhanhs731 Жыл бұрын

    nice

  • @alexchoe114
    @alexchoe114 Жыл бұрын

    Very good 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey5 ай бұрын

    There wasn't enough oil for all the new cars 100 years ago and yet somehow we came up with enough. This will be easier than that.

  • @calmauric8218
    @calmauric82187 ай бұрын

    Very interesting. Looks like lithium is far from finished.

  • @tthams73
    @tthams735 ай бұрын

    Leaving behind high concentrations of lithium. AND Polluted WATER!

  • @MariAmmaSar
    @MariAmmaSar Жыл бұрын

    Soft plastics food packaging is the future for car batteries.

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm Жыл бұрын

    Perfect fit to the fracking industry it seems ^^.

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver9629 ай бұрын

    Perhaps, just perhaps there’s chances for better. Honesty and kindness.

  • @williamgwyntreharne9966
    @williamgwyntreharne99668 ай бұрын

    I support lithium extraction from salts. However I believe the opportunity to extract water by evaporation at the same time should be taken.

  • @BeautifulBC.
    @BeautifulBC.10 ай бұрын

    Let’s go E3!!!!!!!

  • @rogerstarkey5390
    @rogerstarkey5390 Жыл бұрын

    Strange there was no mention of that company building a plant in Corpus Christi? Oh... Wait!

  • @4literv6

    @4literv6

    Жыл бұрын

    Begins with T ends with A, has esl in the middle? Is the current true world's ev leader just having passed 4,500,000 ev sales globally. 😀

  • @demoticshadow2494

    @demoticshadow2494

    Жыл бұрын

    Does Tesla make batteries?

  • @4literv6

    @4literv6

    Жыл бұрын

    @@demoticshadow2494 yes the joint Tesla/Panasonic jv cell plant the first of its kind in the U.S. opened back in late 2016. Their in house 4680s have been in test cars since 2020, publicly sold since spring 2022 in the awd tx built model y.

  • @krisertmer4519
    @krisertmer451911 ай бұрын

    THERE'S (A LOT OF LITHIUM) IN SAN JACINTO NEAR GOLD BASE. THAT'S NEAR HEMET,CALIFORNIA.

  • @Hession0Drasha
    @Hession0Drasha Жыл бұрын

    Hope it brings down the price of evs for the end consumer, i'd never spend more than 20k on a car if i live where there's viable public transport.

  • @Simon-dm8zv

    @Simon-dm8zv

    Жыл бұрын

    20k is easily doable soon. Especially used.

  • @markdc1145

    @markdc1145

    Жыл бұрын

    It will surely bring down costs for the EV manufacturer, but those savings will not be passed on to the consumer. They never are.

  • @Simon-dm8zv

    @Simon-dm8zv

    Жыл бұрын

    @@markdc1145 Oh yes they are. Haven’t you heard of the recent EV price war?

  • @didierpuzenat7280

    @didierpuzenat7280

    Жыл бұрын

    Just don't buy a truck or a SUV. The smaller the car, the more efficient, the less battery you need, and then you have a quite cheaper car.

  • @ryanweaver962
    @ryanweaver9629 ай бұрын

    Fascinating stuff… lithium and its applications for health and batteries. There needs to be explicit consent for giving and extracting. It’s fascinating, I thought about going back to law school, I ran into a law student from FSU, he said… it depends on whys you want to do with your law degree… International accountability for business and health in a number of fronts. It’s amazing how integrally connected many of these issues really are.

  • @phillyphil1513
    @phillyphil1513 Жыл бұрын

    CNBC

  • @dotlaj
    @dotlaj Жыл бұрын

    How much lithium is in the brine that comes from desalination compared to underground brine.

  • @cybertrk

    @cybertrk

    Жыл бұрын

    Your question doesn’t make sense because everything is variable

  • @Yutani_Crayven

    @Yutani_Crayven

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cybertrk Then give an upper and lower bound. You could start by naming the lithium content of sea water.

  • @DiamondJim22

    @DiamondJim22

    Жыл бұрын

    There is lithium in seawater, and there are scientists looking at extracting it. But it’s at very low concentrations compared with brine pumped through underground lithium formations. May not be economical.

  • @dotlaj

    @dotlaj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DiamondJim22 that is why I ask about desalination because I am wondering if the brine from that would be a option 🤔

  • @danicalifornia505
    @danicalifornia5059 ай бұрын

    Has anyone done any studies on if it would make sense to put these facilities directly on the same stream as desalination plants as the brine is more concentrated and could potentially have a larger lithium extraction? If so then Southern California, Israel, and the middle east are going to be lithium giants. 10:52

  • @IpSyCo

    @IpSyCo

    7 ай бұрын

    Nevada too now

  • @OhBoy-zy5bc
    @OhBoy-zy5bc6 ай бұрын

    Let’s go lithium

  • @richardt6980
    @richardt69806 ай бұрын

    i didnt hear the cost of dle vs traditional methods

  • @frankcoffey
    @frankcoffey5 ай бұрын

    The breakthrough could be better supply of Lithium or new types of batteries that use no Lithium or very small amounts.

  • @Lowbaggagefeescom-rv4qe
    @Lowbaggagefeescom-rv4qe Жыл бұрын

    LithiumBank Resources. 4m acres of brine. 2 distric scale. 3 smaller. Unmatched holdings

  • @mrm7058
    @mrm7058 Жыл бұрын

    The first Sodium batteries release (or released already?) this year. There is 1,000 times more Sodium than Lithium. Also, Sodium batteries don't catch fire as easily. Wouldn't it be wiser to go with Sodium?

  • @Funktastico

    @Funktastico

    Жыл бұрын

    energy density and future of solid state battery

  • @Darkk6969

    @Darkk6969

    Жыл бұрын

    They probably will eventually. They have to retool their battery factories to make use of the new resource.

  • @Genzphilosopher

    @Genzphilosopher

    Жыл бұрын

    The technology just isn't there yet. But I have no doubt by the end of the decade we'll be using sodium batteries in alot of things.

  • @Yoyo-vt4hc

    @Yoyo-vt4hc

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Funktastico sodium will have higher density than today's lithium

  • @triadwarfare

    @triadwarfare

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Yoyo-vt4hc not yet. What is important is now, not what it could be in the future.

  • @donatehilltop
    @donatehilltop Жыл бұрын

    I love CNBC

  • @juuso8
    @juuso89 ай бұрын

    Recycled batteries as lithium source was ignored completely?

  • @JoeyBlogs007
    @JoeyBlogs007 Жыл бұрын

    Sodium ion and solid state batteries are expected to take over from Lithium within a decade.

  • @Robo7ick

    @Robo7ick

    11 ай бұрын

    Did you know that solid state batteries are made with Lithium and may even require more of it than Lithium-ion....

  • @5yaron

    @5yaron

    10 ай бұрын

    Not if they cant get more capacitiy

  • @soylentgreenb

    @soylentgreenb

    10 ай бұрын

    @@5yaron 160 Wh/kg sodium ion already exists (CATL) and they project 200 Wh/kg for their next gen. That's close enough for many electrical vehicles; not every car is a sports car.

  • @majidabdi9743
    @majidabdi9743 Жыл бұрын

    The clip ended up by saying that the industry is not betting in DLE. Most of supplies will cime from hard rock and evaporation. How do you justify the video's title then?

  • @aminden3612
    @aminden3612 Жыл бұрын

    Afghanistan have the largest mine of lithium metal, We need investment company for this in cheap price.

  • @user-nb5sr7by6y
    @user-nb5sr7by6y Жыл бұрын

    How can seawater or desalination brine streams be added to the mix? Further, are salt lakes being considered, as well?

  • @richardt6980
    @richardt69809 ай бұрын

    did this tech become obsolete with the disclosure of the huge lithium discovery in nevada ?

  • @jfjoubertquebec
    @jfjoubertquebec Жыл бұрын

    1:02 product placement hihi

  • @cyclingstock4930
    @cyclingstock4930 Жыл бұрын

    Hard rock is soooooo much simpler, WA is going to be huge!

  • @alpha1481
    @alpha14819 ай бұрын

    E3 in Alberta Canada has their DLE pilot up and running making lithium from the brine in actual real well conditions.

  • @TheAnswerHub
    @TheAnswerHub Жыл бұрын

    I think hydropower should be looked into more and more as another choice, similar to how we collect energy from a variety of sources.

  • @SeattlePioneer

    @SeattlePioneer

    Жыл бұрын

    Environmentalists HATE hydropower! Here in Washington state, they are busily working to have as many hydroelectric dams dug up as they can manage, and that includes three huge dams on the Columbia/Snake River system. When the legislature passed a law encouraging renewable power, hydroelectric power from Washington Stat'e dams was specifically excluded. Just not the fashion among environmentalists, y'know.

  • @johnbash-on-ger

    @johnbash-on-ger

    Жыл бұрын

    Hydropower is very land intensive, has a low energy density and requires suitable environments. It's better to shift focus to electrochemical grid batteries, which is what's happening.

  • @NotTheRealRustyShackleford

    @NotTheRealRustyShackleford

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@johnbash-on-ger Hydro energy storage makes more sense for the rainy PNW, and is one of the most effective ways to store energy. It's oxymoronic to demolish these dams especially since they are already in service. It would cost billions to tear down and replace with new energy sources, and even more costly to replace the energy production from a "green" source like solar or wind.

  • @NotTheRealRustyShackleford

    @NotTheRealRustyShackleford

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@johnbash-on-ger Speaking of land intensive energy production, if you were to try and replace just the Bonneville dam's power out put with solar you would need over 10 square miles of solar panels, and that is a low end estimate. They want to tear down multiple dams so go ahead and multiply that some more. Also, a dam can generate power at night, something no solar panel can do.

  • @johnbash-on-ger

    @johnbash-on-ger

    Жыл бұрын

    @@NotTheRealRustyShackleford I'm talking about building new storage capacity, not tearing down old, functioning dams. Hydropower and pumped storage hydropower is already being maxed out, there is a need for other solutions.

  • @mikafiltenborg7572
    @mikafiltenborg7572 Жыл бұрын

    🇺🇲TESLA LITHIUM - TEXAS⛏️ 🇺🇲

  • @traian2041
    @traian2041 Жыл бұрын

    What the EV industry is betting on is a Sodium battery that can replace the Li ones. Sodium is much easier to get and table-salt is practically everywhere, not to mention super cheap.

  • @WigneyR

    @WigneyR

    Жыл бұрын

    Invent it then

  • @johnbash-on-ger

    @johnbash-on-ger

    Жыл бұрын

    Battery sodium is mostly mined from more abundant sodium oxides. Not the sodium-chloride from sea salt.

  • @XKS99

    @XKS99

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WigneyR Sodium batteries exist, they just have anywhere near the energy density needed for automotive. At least for now.

  • @anydaynow01

    @anydaynow01

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnbash-on-ger Yep, the problem of the highly toxic Cl2 waste is what prevents table salt from being used.

  • @phillyphil1513

    @phillyphil1513

    Жыл бұрын

    SAVE THE SODIUM...!!! (for my movie popcorn)

  • @OhBoy-zy5bc
    @OhBoy-zy5bcАй бұрын

    Standard lithium bouncing back.

  • @explorster
    @explorster Жыл бұрын

    What about the pour kids mining cobalt

  • @jayrajsinghmandloi
    @jayrajsinghmandloi Жыл бұрын

    This video is already set on 2x

  • @dungeness99
    @dungeness99 Жыл бұрын

    Just as Sodium Ion based battery technology hits the commercial market...

  • @didierpuzenat7280
    @didierpuzenat7280 Жыл бұрын

    0:09 I fail to see how using the sun to do most of the work can be "inefficient". And the space argument does not seam strong either since it is done in a desert. The water argument is more valuable, however the water is not spoiled by the process, just evaporated, so the "ecology disruptive" argument could have been developed. I would like to know how much energy the "new" processes need to operated, and how carbonated is the energy used, and also is the water is "cleaned" after the process or at least re-used. Most of the arguments seam to come from new players, so probably biased, I would have like to hear an academic point of view. Regarding the need of 20 times more lithium, maybe a better solution would be to switch from ICE cars to electric public transportation without batteries (trains, metros, tramways, trolley-buses, etc.), to bicycles and to "walkable cities". With EVs just for people you definitively need cars. And not trucks and SUVs with more than 100 kWh, but efficient sedans with 50 to 60 kWh batteries. It is possible to go everywhere in Europe (and I assume in the US) with a 55 kWh Tesla model 3, so why would we need more kWh per car ? We need to put the money in the infrastructure, with fast charging between cities and low power charging everywhere cars are parked. I may be wrong, but I would have like this video to explain me why, for now I am just convinced that more people try to make more money.

  • @issenvan1050
    @issenvan1050 Жыл бұрын

    Will these extractions push Lithium price down & make miners less profitable?

  • @Toastmaster_5000

    @Toastmaster_5000

    Жыл бұрын

    I figure miners will only increase in profit if demand keeps going up

  • @bolbiitp7850

    @bolbiitp7850

    9 ай бұрын

    @issenvan1050 No, man. That’s just some dumb American strategy

  • @issenvan1050

    @issenvan1050

    9 ай бұрын

    @@bolbiitp7850 ?

  • @knglos12
    @knglos12 Жыл бұрын

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @investingthelike111
    @investingthelike1119 ай бұрын

    DLE , why are none of the billion dollar lithium companies doing it at scale?? probably because it doesn't work

  • @hairybutharmless7163
    @hairybutharmless7163 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe we shouldn’t be waiting for innovations like this to reduce carbon emissions and instead make walkable cities where people don’t need cars to get around.

  • @Simon-dm8zv

    @Simon-dm8zv

    Жыл бұрын

    Sure, cities don’t need cars. Outside the cities though…

  • @hairybutharmless7163

    @hairybutharmless7163

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Simon-dm8zv smaller towns can also have a decent percentage of their populations that wouldn’t be reliant on cars either. Most towns historically would have people that ran shops live in town and didn’t require anything besides their own two feet to get where they needed to go. I think there is a strong need for some people to have personal vehicles, people with disabilities, farmers, maintenance workers. But if you work at a bank or a retail shop or a restaurant, etc there is no reason we shouldn’t have cities that would allow you to walk to those places regardless of the city size. For intercity travel and freight could very easily be handled by rail which is far easier to electrify and thrives with walkable cities.

  • @nobody4933

    @nobody4933

    Жыл бұрын

    A "walkable city" like what do you mean exactly? Are you gonna shrink the cities???make the sidewalks shorter? I don't get it...

  • @hairybutharmless7163

    @hairybutharmless7163

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nobody4933 promote streets dedicated to walking not cars to improve pedestrian safety, reduce parking lots and garages as they make the distance to walk between places larger, have more missing middle and mixed use housing - think first floor shop front and second/ third floor apartments.

  • @abeeceedee599

    @abeeceedee599

    Жыл бұрын

    @@nobody4933 He probably means like this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eGifz6axk8m4ZJs.html Something you see very often in Dutch cities for example. Doubt it will happen in the US in the next few decades though.

  • @0Aus
    @0Aus5 ай бұрын

    Demands remaining, this will be supplemental in supply not a replacement for lithiun ore mining.

  • @Firestorm637
    @Firestorm637 Жыл бұрын

    Can u use saltwater vs freshwater?

  • @808guac4
    @808guac410 ай бұрын

    Wonder what the carbon footprint is of all the machines and transportation it takes to make batteries

  • @womanoftheozarks

    @womanoftheozarks

    6 ай бұрын

    A LOT ! Go to some of the already huge operations going on in Chile & Peru... it's devastating the pure water needed and taken from the aquafers causing shortage and the land taken to make the ponds and the machines as you mentioned. Ever bit as oil and gas.... actually far more water with is more precious than for human survival.

  • @Jmort93
    @Jmort93 Жыл бұрын

    4:00 this looks like stock footage of “two chemists agreeing”

  • @alien9279

    @alien9279

    Жыл бұрын

    Probably because it is lol. Stock footage is the lifeblood of most educational videos and science stuffs. Just looking at a person talking is horribly boring

  • @petef.4361
    @petef.4361 Жыл бұрын

    Ford and GM adopt the NACS connector as standard, death to the CCS connector!!!

  • @timkahn2813
    @timkahn2813 Жыл бұрын

    why they dont use evap water is a question.

  • @user-yv5kf4so2y

    @user-yv5kf4so2y

    Жыл бұрын

    Lithium production in South America doesn’t have so much to do with the element’s availability in the soil, but with water. The Andes mountains are very dry, but the lithium extraction process requires water in no small amount to bring the element up to the surface in a salty brine-500,000 gallons of water per ton of lithium, according to Wired. In some regions in Chile, 65 percent of water is used up in lithium production, diverting it from local food production. The brine then requires 12 to 18 months to evaporate. Any water returned to the farmers could be tainted with chemicals.

  • @user-yv5kf4so2y

    @user-yv5kf4so2y

    Жыл бұрын

    Another core concern lies in the vast wealth that lithium will represent for these smaller, poorer countries when demand starts to escalate. The lengthy evaporation period for the lithium brine can be sped up by heating the water, a process achieved by burning fossil fuels -- defeating the entire purpose of reducing greenhouse emissions in the first place. But when the price is up and the bottleneck forms, the desire for faster, cheaper production may outweigh our ability to maintain environmental standards.

  • @noorh.husein9820
    @noorh.husein9820 Жыл бұрын

    Why tesla did not invest any of these companies?

  • @FrankMelanio

    @FrankMelanio

    6 ай бұрын

    Tesla is working on its own lithium refining

  • @razewithodin
    @razewithodin Жыл бұрын

    dang this is only happening because of big business. Wish we could just use the lithium for electric public transportation instead of mass produced automobiles that are material demand heavy

  • @Simon-dm8zv

    @Simon-dm8zv

    Жыл бұрын

    Why do you think this is not happening? The market for electric busses is growing massively.

  • @GordonjArcher
    @GordonjArcher9 ай бұрын

    The rise of direct lithium extraction technologies, backed by major companies and automakers, promises a more sustainable and efficient future for lithium mining, eliminating the need for large evaporation ponds.

  • @bolbiitp7850

    @bolbiitp7850

    9 ай бұрын

    What if we’re using so much lithium that we eventually run out, due to stupid human demands for electric-everything? Also, we’re literally killing our sun this way. Majority of the world better not be shocked why the world is ending and who’s responsible for it

  • @graphene1487
    @graphene148711 ай бұрын

    Slipping in the stock prices on these lithium companies seems mor e like an ad than news.

  • @hancowman7622
    @hancowman7622 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe make the batteries serviceable? Don't make them so inaccessible like elon?

  • @Buttersausage
    @Buttersausage8 ай бұрын

    Hydrogen is the ultimate power source

  • @puffingtonsmythe8690
    @puffingtonsmythe8690 Жыл бұрын

    LITHIUM IS A FOSSIL FUEL. OIL IS A MINERAL. IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW ITS MINED, IT STILL ISN’T GREEN.

  • @Simon-dm8zv

    @Simon-dm8zv

    Жыл бұрын

    BUT FAR GREENER

  • @junny283
    @junny283 Жыл бұрын

    energyx CEo looks like a frat bro. AKA PONZI

  • @aberba

    @aberba

    Жыл бұрын

    😂

  • @Oliveir51
    @Oliveir51 Жыл бұрын

    Li is about to be replaced by sodium Na

  • @DELTAFORCE3
    @DELTAFORCE310 ай бұрын

    SO how much ton you have for the whole world

  • @jimmah55555
    @jimmah55555Ай бұрын

    Too eager to be acquired = red flag

  • @larrysherk
    @larrysherk11 ай бұрын

    Give it up guys. Lithium is yesterday's technology. The Japanese have solid state batteries, and the Chinese have sodium salt batteries, both better than Lithium.

  • @jamesraymond1158
    @jamesraymond1158 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent report. Good job challenging all the wildly optimistic statements from the big players. However, the narrator would benefit from a few lessons from a voice coach.

  • @eastmanwebb5477

    @eastmanwebb5477

    Жыл бұрын

    I second the voice coach recommendation. Otherwise, a great report.

  • @saimandebbarma
    @saimandebbarma Жыл бұрын

    While DLE technology has the potential to be more environmentally friendly and efficient than traditional methods of lithium extraction, there are some potential drawbacks to consider. One drawback is that the selective membrane used in DLE technology can be expensive and may need to be replaced frequently. Additionally, the brine used in DLE technology can contain impurities that can clog or damage the membrane, reducing its effectiveness. Another potential drawback is that DLE technology is not currently as well-established or widely used as traditional methods of lithium extraction. This means that more research and development may be needed to optimize the technology and increase its scalability and cost-effectiveness. Finally, the disposal of extracted brine and other waste materials can also be a potential drawback of DLE technology. If not properly handled, this waste could potentially have negative environmental impacts. Overall, while DLE technology has the potential to be a more sustainable and efficient method of lithium extraction, it's important to consider and address any potential drawbacks in order to ensure that its implementation is as environmentally responsible as possible. Thankyou !

  • @aktheuite

    @aktheuite

    11 ай бұрын

    is this a ChatGPT reply?

  • @saimandebbarma

    @saimandebbarma

    11 ай бұрын

    @@aktheuite Some from Gpt, some Google & some from my Own, but as we know with any mordern technologies there will be some drawbacks more or less ! Thankyou 👍

  • @ryanelliott4594

    @ryanelliott4594

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks bot.

  • @saimandebbarma

    @saimandebbarma

    11 ай бұрын

    @@ryanelliott4594 ❤️👍

  • @username_3715

    @username_3715

    7 ай бұрын

    Gpt

  • @mackeejack6731
    @mackeejack6731 Жыл бұрын

    Invest into companies like RecycLiCo who have a proven and patented process that recycles lithium at a 99.99% rate. No water waste, and creates an upcycled product that can be immediately used in batteries

  • @Fellowtellurian
    @Fellowtellurian Жыл бұрын

    Mining companies should have to give a percentage of their revenues to a government fund used to promote recycling

  • @Genzphilosopher

    @Genzphilosopher

    Жыл бұрын

    Thats not necessary. There's already plenty of private ventures focused on battery recycling like redwood materials. The government would just use the money to put in their own pockets.

  • @damatricrayton8942

    @damatricrayton8942

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Genzphilosopher redwood is private

  • @Genzphilosopher

    @Genzphilosopher

    Жыл бұрын

    @@damatricrayton8942 IK, that's what I said lol.

  • @damatricrayton8942

    @damatricrayton8942

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Genzphilosopher sorry you did I'm old! Do you think SLI will go bankrupt

  • @SimonBrisbane

    @SimonBrisbane

    Жыл бұрын

    So tax companies which are instrumental in driving the future energy storage medium to replace oil? Seems counterproductive to me.