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Fozzie_DeBear · 05-08-2017, 11:51 AM

One example of how Alberta could pivot is to exploit lithium deposits...

http://ags.aer.ca/lithium

Lithium can be found in oil wastewater...

http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/201...ds-wastewater/

http://business.financialpost.com/ne...-tonne-lithium

Assuming ALL the deposits are exploited and the price of lithium per tonne stays at $10k USD.

There is about $3.7B worth of value in oil wastewater. Obviously this is not the real value, but its thought provoking.

05-08-2017, 11:51 AM	#191
Fozzie_DeBear Wucka Wocka Wacka Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: East of the Rockies, West of the Rest Exp:	One example of how Alberta could pivot is to exploit lithium deposits... http://ags.aer.ca/lithium Lithium can be found in oil wastewater... http://www.jwnenergy.com/article/201...ds-wastewater/ http://business.financialpost.com/ne...-tonne-lithium Assuming ALL the deposits are exploited and the price of lithium per tonne stays at $10k USD. There is about $3.7B worth of value in oil wastewater. Obviously this is not the real value, but its thought provoking. __________________ "WHAT HAVE WE EVER DONE TO DESERVE THIS??? WHAT IS WRONG WITH US????" -Oiler Fan "It was a debacle of monumental proportions." -MacT