[quote=scaredyclassic]on the other hand, life probably sucked thousands of years ago too . But at least they left the planet inhabitable for us.[/quote]
thousands of years ago the bronze age collapse happened
in South Western part of the USA and in Central America (about a thousand years ago) there were periods of severe drought that caused organized societies to collapse
basically the topic of climate-change AND drought has been on the radar screen of military strategists for a while (but because politicians and the public at large have essentially no backbone, the issue has not been addressed so that is why we are where we are)
said another way the drought issue isn’t going to magically fix itself AND from what I know have to say the drought (in the next decade) is going to make covid look like a walk in the park (given current trends)!
I mention my pessimism because one of my failed venture capital investments was in “waterfx” which was a group that tried to raise 10 million to build a pilot concentrated solar still on an industrial scale
sadly I pitched in but there wasn’t enough interest in the market place so had my money returned to me
as I envisioned things, concentrated solar desal could be installed in local urban areas like existing salt evaporation ponds (like in san diego south bay or up in the bay area which could be a win win situation)
…in other words if an up front investment was made in scaleable concentrated solar stills (years ago), over the long run production for “salt” would increase and provide a useful by-product “fresh water” that could be used locally
PS here is yet another example of political leadership in CA having their head where the sun don’t shine,…
[quote=CNBC]
Lithium industry executives say California officials are asking for a fixed payment of $800 to $1,200 for every ton of metal produced at the southern end of the Salton Sea, and argue that such a high tax would wipe out production before it starts.
“The state is talking about a flat-rate taxarray . . . with a ridiculous figure that wipes out the lithium industry in the United States,” said Rod Colwell, CEO of CT Resources, one of three corporations running the best pilot and scale systems. giant lithium mining projects from a giant underground reserve.
He said the proposed constant tonnage rates “make Chinese lithium much less expensive to import” than domestic compounds that would be produced in imperial county.
