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Two million liters of water evaporate in order to make one ton of lithium on these salt flats, while local farmers struggle for enough water to feed their animals. “A standard electric car uses roughly 20 kilograms of lithium; this translates to 40,000 litres of water,” research community Aerocene states. “A Tesla using an 850 kWh lithium-ion battery uses about 51 kilograms of lithium, or 110,000 litres of water, taken directly from Indigenous peoples already experiencing droughts and water shortages.”
Source: http://gerrymcgovern.newsweaver.ie/...external?email=true&a=6&p=61704430&t=32798431
Two million liters of water evaporate in order to make one ton of lithium on these salt flats, while local farmers struggle for enough water to feed their animals. “A standard electric car uses roughly 20 kilograms of lithium; this translates to 40,000 litres of water,” research community Aerocene states. “A Tesla using an 850 kWh lithium-ion battery uses about 51 kilograms of lithium, or 110,000 litres of water, taken directly from Indigenous peoples already experiencing droughts and water shortages.”
Source: http://gerrymcgovern.newsweaver.ie/...external?email=true&a=6&p=61704430&t=32798431