The more we look for it, the more we find.
Some new sources are doing just that. It was considered a waste product for Compass Mining at the Great Salt Lake. Now by just adding another extractor at the end of the process, they can harvest lithium too. And a new company now wants to extract it directly.The greenies will toss so many civil suits at it that it may be accessible in 3 lifetimes or more before anything comes of it. By then likely we will have developed large scale manufacturing of alternatives at 1/3 or more less cost wise as well recycle functions, or have gone to completely different methods. Some of which already exist but need to be scaled up. Costs enter the picture to accomplish same.
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