Cornwall isn't drained of metals just yet

Lithium iron phospate batteries got a writeup over on Ineffable Island. Here's Penn State's release.

That would all be excellent if we actually had the phosphorus and the lithium, both of which are in short supply on this planet. Hence why I've been touting sodium and graphene here. That said, lithium may need to be our mainstay for everyday use, as expensive as it is.

In that light, Cornwall's mining industry is back in the news, for the first time perhaps since Late Antiquity, on account of its lithium deposits. I missed this article at the time but we're told we can pan the lithium, in effect, from Cornwall's aquifiers, on their way out to sea.

Now, I don't much care about CO₂; and Cornwall, being coastal, won't care about H₂O. The Cornovii will care about the land. And that it's coastal will assuredly help in shipping the Li out to whoever needs it.