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Japan finds a way to recover 90% of lithium from old EV batteries
(www.techspot.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Yeah it takes insane amounts of electricity. There’s an aluminium smelter in NZ with an entire hydroelectric power plant dedicated to it. 13% of the total electricity supply of NZ dedicated to just one smelter.
holy crap that's immense; how do you power concrete production?