https://www.lithiumamericas.com/usa/thacker-pass/
Thacker Pass received a Record of Decision in January 2021 from the US Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and has all permits required to commence construction. Construction is expected to commence in 2023.
Thacker Pass is situated at the southern end of the McDermitt Caldera, approximately 100 km northwest of Winnemucca, in Humboldt County, northern Nevada.
The Project has been designed to avoid environmentally sensitive and rugged terrain. The flat and expansive terrain allows for a very compact footprint and allows for future potential expansions.
The Thacker Pass operation will include a co-located sulfuric acid plant that will convert molten sulfur into sulfuric acid. This process produces steam, which we will use to generate carbon-free power for the processing facilities. Co-locating a sulfuric acid plant reduces the number of trucks on the road, as each ton of sulfur can create three tons of sulfuric acid, and sulfur is much safer to transport.
How do they melt the sulfur, wait, don’t tell me,let me guess. Fossil fuels. Am I right? What do I win?
Interesting. They can have these disastrous mines, but the oil guy, who can pinpoint a drill for a well and barely disturb environment around it, can’t do anything.
three tons of sulfuric acid................a major constituent for making Meth........................