neutral here in your ‘argument’ but,
can/how then can lithium be commercially extracted, and,
do you know this not to be the case in this instance?
“can/how then can lithium be commercially extracted, and,
do you know this not to be the case in this instance?”
That is a very good question. The answer is well casings. Drill heads going far enough down to hit the salt water aquifer require more money if you put solid casings thru the fresh water aquifers. No one wants to spend money if they don’t have to.
Despite the idiot nonsense spewed out here from time to time I am actually more virulently opposed to leftism/state control of environmental issues than any person here on FR. I just believe that companies which cause true environmental DAMAGE should not only be legally liable to TORTS (not regulatory fines and penalties). The veil of corporate immunity should be stripped away from company officers who ignore “best practices” (which, again, should be removed from the state altogether, and transferred to private firms analagous to Underwriting Laboratories, a private lab that does a great job of standards issuing). No “EPA” nor state control of environmental standards, with its harboring of leftist nonsense, just true accountability and a “you broke it, you fix it” legal system.