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.

  • Gladaed@feddit.orgEnglish
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    2 days ago

    No. For a process to have an impact to the economy at large it must either be substantially cheaper or be given enough time.