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Keliber says studies show its lithium hydroxide will have smaller carbon footprint than most of the competition

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In the comparison, Keliber shows the lowest emission intensity of 4.38 The CO 2 emissions are more than 16 tonnes/produced tonne, due to the dominance of coal as the energy source.?. Production in Chile, based on naturally low-carbon brine, causes slightly more emissions than Keliber’s route: 5.25 tonnes/produced tonne.

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The Dirty Truth of Petrol & Diesel Vehicles

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70% of the energy from burning fossil fuel is wasted as heat, while only 30% goes to turn your wheels. So after we use all that electricity pumping oil out of the ground, refining it, transporting it, we then waste 70% when we burn it. Lithium is a metal that is mined in the deserts of Australia, China, Argentina, and Chile.

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