Scientists keep making discoveries at different places around the world. At some places a scientist makes medicines to fight diseases, while at some places experts want to know about the life of ancient times by digging the ground. During the excavation of the land, information is obtained about many such mysterious things which used to happen thousands of years ago. During this period, treasures also fall into hands. But today we are going to tell you about the treasure found in the excavation of a lake. In fact, when scientists were excavating Salton Lake located in California, America, their eyes fell on a treasure worth 540 billion dollars (Rs 4,56,17,04,65,88,000). This treasure was nothing but a storehouse of ‘white gold’, seeing which his eyes sparkled with joy. Lithium is called ‘white gold’ because it looks like white sand.
Many posts related to this are going viral on social media. According to a report, Salton Sea is considered to be the largest lake in California. Scientists were studying this lake as part of research funded by the Department of Energy. The purpose of this study was to find out how much lithium is there in the bottom of the lake. Scientists were initially assuming that perhaps 4 million tonnes of lithium could be inside the lake. But as soon as the digging started with the drilling machine, his guess started proving wrong. Now experts are assuming that up to 18 million tonnes of lithium can be stored in the lake, which is much more than the estimated quantity. America is going to benefit a lot from the discovery of this white gold i.e. Lithium.
Will overtake China in terms of lithium reserves!
According to experts, so much lithium has been found in Salton Lake that batteries can be made for 382 million electric vehicles and America will overtake China to become the leading country in the field of chemicals. Michael McKibben, professor of geochemistry at the University of California, said, ‘This is one of the largest lithium reserves in the world, which can make America completely self-sufficient in lithium.’ At the same time, the then California Governor Gavin Newsom had earlier called Salton Lake the Saudi Arabia of America in terms of lithium. But now this new discovery means that this lake is the largest source of lithium in the world. Experts say that this stock is so large that the batteries of all the vehicles currently running in America can be easily made. Apart from this, it can be exported to other countries also. However, for this all the lithium will have to be obtained. By the way, let us tell you that even though this news is now going viral on social media, but this matter is almost a year old, when news related to this came in the international media.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 29, 2024, 08:57 IST
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