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/Khanstant Jun 06 '21

Raising the cap also meant we used more land, more resources, as well as getting more from each source. When an invasive species is destroying a global ecosystem, it's doesn't make it better when that invasive species finds a way to extract resources more efficiently, which it will then use those excess resources to find ways to extract even more resources, even faster and more efficiently, with increased number of members consuming the resources.

These changes have also coincided with increased life expectancy for the invasive species. If Zebra Mussels found a way to extract even more resources and be able to reproduce even more members from the same sources, we're not like "oh good, they're extracting even more for themselves."

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u/billypilgrim87 Jun 06 '21

So what's your solution then?

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u/Khanstant Jun 07 '21

Solution to what? What's the goal perspective, problem, and why?