In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Tue, 9 Jun 2015 10:39:37 -0400: Hi, [snip] >http://www.seafriends.org.nz/oceano/seawater.htm > >0.170 ppm. Granted, it is a lot more abundant than copper, nickel, gold or >palladium.
At the current rate of World energy usage, and assuming only 33% conversion efficiency (i.e. 6 MeV / Li atom), that would last us for 34 million years. Of course, if the Li is acting as a nuclear "ferry boat" transferring neutrons from one isotope to another, then it would last much longer. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
