The incongruity between "dirty" lithium mining and "clean" …
To experts, it is still unclear to what extent the drought is related to lithium mining, which is known to be a water intensive process. Approximately 500,000 gallons of water is required to extract a metric ton of lithium. In Chile's Salar de Atacama, mining activities consumed 65% of the region's water.
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