{"id":117256,"date":"2024-10-23T01:19:48","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:19:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117256"},"modified":"2024-10-23T01:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T18:19:48","slug":"arkansas-has-enough-lithium-for-the-worlds-evs-but-getting-to-it-is-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117256","title":{"rendered":"Arkansas has enough lithium for the world\u2019s EVs \u2014 but getting to it is the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Arkansas is sitting atop lithium reserves that could be vast enough to satisfy the entire world\u2019s demand for EV batteries, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">It estimates that there could be 5 to 19 million tons of lithium under southwestern Arkansas. That would be enough to supply nine times the amount of the key material needed globally for car batteries in 2030, the USGS says.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Lithium is a key ingredient for rechargeable batteries used in EVs and all kinds of devices. As the US tries to limit the greenhouse gas emissions causing climate change by encouraging electric vehicle adoption, the Biden administration has made it a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/20\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-further-action-to-strengthen-and-secure-critical-mineral-supply-chains\/\">priority to build up domestic supply chains<\/a> for critical minerals including lithium. The US might already have all the lithium in needs and then some, a recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adp8149\">study<\/a> shows, if companies can develop new technologies to tap into it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component clear-both block md:float-left md:mr-30 md:w-[320px] lg:-ml-100\">\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-pullquote mb-20\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup relative bg-repeating-lines-dark bg-[length:1px_1.2em] pb-8 font-polysans text-28 font-medium leading-120 tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20  dark:bg-repeating-lines-light dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple\">Enough to supply nine times the amount of the key material needed globally <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cLithium is a critical mineral for the energy transition, and the potential for increased U.S. production to replace imports has implications for employment, manufacturing and supply-chain resilience,\u201d David Applegate, USGS director, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/news\/national-news-release\/unlocking-arkansas-hidden-treasure-usgs-uses-machine-learning-show-large\">press release yesterday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Lithium laces the salty brine from the Smackover Formation, a geologic formation made of permeable limestone that stretches across parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida. The formation is the result of an ancient sea, and it\u2019s also a historic site for oil and gas production. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Until recently, that lithium-rich brine had been thought of as wastewater from oil and operations. Now, companies are trying to develop technologies to extract the lithium in a cost-effective way.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">ExxonMobil is reportedly ready to pounce. The company plans to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/13\/business\/energy-environment\/exxon-mobil-lithium-arkansas.html\">start production in 2027<\/a> and has already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/21\/business\/energy-environment\/arkansas-lithium-ev-batteries.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\">drilled exploratory wells<\/a> in Arkansas, <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em> reports. The fossil fuel giant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/13\/23958935\/exxonmobil-lithium-drilling-arkansas\">declared its ambitions<\/a> of becoming a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/corporate.exxonmobil.com\/news\/news-releases\/2023\/1113_exxonmobil-drilling-first-lithium-well-in-arkansas#:~:text=%E2%80%9CLithium%20is%20essential%20to%20the,of%20ExxonMobil%20Low%20Carbon%20Solutions.\">leading<\/a>\u201d lithium supplier for electric vehicles last year after purchasing drilling rights across 120,000 acres of land within the Smackover Formation in Arkansas. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cWe know we have an attractive resource. We\u2019re working on understanding that cost equation, understanding the supply-and-demand picture,\u201d Dan Ammann, president of ExxonMobil\u2019s low carbon solutions business, told <em>The<\/em> <em>New York Times<\/em>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The company can use traditional oil and gas drilling techniques to reach lithium-rich saltwater trapped 10,000 feet underground. But it has to develop new technology called\u00a0direct lithium extraction (DLE) to separate lithium from the water using chemical solvents or filters. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">That\u2019s supposed to be a much <a href=\"https:\/\/about.bnef.com\/blog\/direct-lithium-extraction-on-the-cusp-of-commercialization\/\">faster method<\/a> for extracting lithium than the old-school way of leaving the brine in ponds until the water evaporates. Another potential benefit of DLE is that it would be less energy-intensive than conventional hard rock mining for lithium. To be sure, there are still concerns about the environmental impact all of these methods pose, ranging from how much land and water they use to what to do with any toxic waste left behind.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">Shifting lithium production to the US would also be a global game-changer. Most lithium today comes from Australia and South America. Just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/09\/20\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-further-action-to-strengthen-and-secure-critical-mineral-supply-chains\/\">5 percent<\/a> of global demand was met by US lithium producers in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/7\/2\/22559718\/gm-lithium-ctr-ev-battery-investment-salton-sea\">California\u2019s Salton Sea<\/a> also holds a lot of lithium-rich brine. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">The potential in Arkansas still hinges on whether the lithium reserves will wind up being commercially recoverable, the USGS says. The agency used machine learning to produce the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adp8149\">first estimate<\/a> of the amount of lithium available in brine from the Smackover Formation in southern Arkansas, working with the Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment\u2019s Office of the State Geologist. They analyzed new brine samples in a lab and compared them to data from historic samples of water from oil and gas production from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/tools\/us-geological-survey-national-produced-waters-geochemical-database-viewer\">USGS produced waters database<\/a>. A machine learning model used that data to predict lithium concentrations throughout the region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"duet--article--article-body-component\">\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph mb-20 font-fkroman text-18 leading-160 -tracking-1 selection:bg-franklin-20 dark:text-white dark:selection:bg-blurple [&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-franklin dark:[&amp;_a:hover]:shadow-highlight-blurple [&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-black dark:[&amp;_a]:shadow-underline-white\">\u201cWe have not estimated what is technically recoverable based on newer methods to extract lithium from brines,\u201d\u00a0Katherine Knierim, a hydrologist and the study\u2019s principal researcher, said in the press release.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2024\/10\/22\/24276615\/ev-car-battery-lithium-reserves-arkansas\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arkansas is sitting atop lithium reserves that could be vast enough to satisfy the entire world\u2019s demand for EV batteries, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). 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