![]() ![]() The Salton Sea was created when the Colorado River flooded the basin in 1905, but for the past 50 years the main source of water has been chemical-laden agricultural runoff and for decades now the sea has been evaporating and shrinking. The question here in the Salton Sea Basin is will it work for everyone? This rich lithium resource lies beneath one of the poorest sections of California. ![]() ![]() ![]() The system takes just a few hours to turn this orange brine into this clear lithium solution, which will be dried into powder. This sorbent is something that would only take in lithium, and not absorb everything else. A Brita filter will filter all impurities out of water. Think of it as beads in a column, much like the activated carbon that you would find in a Brita filter. The full-sized plant will be 100 times larger.īill Whitaker: So what goes on inside this cylinder? Is it pellets? Or what, what is the matrix-ĭavid Deak: Yeah. That's been a big part of, big part of the global lithium demand story.ĭeak is now EnergySource's chief development officer, and says he had a eureka moment when he saw its unique technology.Īt the company's lab, Deak showed us the mechanics in miniature. Also, you know, there's a lot of EV growth and EV demand and production in, in China. Bill Whitaker: And that was pretty much triggered by Tesla?ĭavid Deak: Triggered by Tesla. ![]()
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