Posted on 04/25/2022 10:12:55 AM PDT by Rusty0604
The EPA and greenies are going to love how that stuff is mined. //sarc
Thanks!
“The solution is to also build a liquid fuel breeder nuclear reactor at the abandoned Naval bombing practice area to provide electricity and process heat to desalinate and detoxify the area. It could use spent fuel from the San Onofre reactor that is sitting in dry storage and uranium/thorium from the rare earth mining facility in Mountain Pass, CA. This would reduce the cost of storing radioactive mining waste that makes our rare earth industry uncompetitive with China.”
That sounds like a logical, practical, well researched and thought out plan that would greatly help the US economy and make us a leader in the world supplying rare earths. The EPA and liberals will never let it happen.
Lithium is not rare. There are sizable deposits all over North America, waiting for green weenies to get out of the way and get the miners going.
The Salton Sea…. They are already doing it I think but want to expand it. The Salton Sea is a man made lake anyway so I don’t see why their should be environmental issues.
“I don’t see why their should be environmental issues.”
I hope I’m wrong, but they usually find an issue.
The Salton (dead) Sea
If the U.S. could enter the lithium market in a big way, then why can’t we get back in the petroleum market in a big way? What’s the problem here...besides that make-believe leader of our country? Regardless of the need for lithium, the need for petroleum is much more crucial.
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