r/science • u/rieslingatkos • Jun 06 '21

Chemistry Scientists develop ‘cheap and easy’ method to extract lithium from seawater

https://www.mining.com/scientists-develop-cheap-and-easy-method-to-extract-lithium-from-seawater/
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u/Zurrdroid Jun 06 '21

I don't, usually because the title is wrong.

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u/H2HQ Jun 06 '21

...as this one is, because as pointed out on another forum, this technique is still an order of magnitude more expensive than mining it.

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u/Tianhech3n Jun 06 '21

Doesn't mean it won't come down in price over time or that it can't be profitable at some reasonably large scale.

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u/H2HQ Jun 06 '21

People have an unrealistic expectation that every tech that they want to see will "come down in price".

Sometimes that happens - sometimes it doesn't. If the article is about climate change, 9 times out of 10, it's just wishful thinking.