Comment on Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found
Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year agoNah I’m with the other lemmy user, 50%, take it or increase it. And they should have a say on every project and be unionized. It’s time we stood up to the companies and business folks that seek to imprison people in their homeland.
And we should push for Land Back rather than trying to make the companies and business folks feel safe here.
kava@lemmy.world 1 year ago
If the mining company doesn’t make enough $$$ they won’t do it and will just go somewhere else that makes $$$. You cut out 50% profit and it makes it a pretty easy decision to avoid US mines and go to other countries.
Ultimately they are for profit businesses that will focus their investment on where they can make the most profit. It’s sort of like how franking for oil is only done once it reaches a certain price per barrel. Before a price point, it’s not profitable. After, it is.
50% profit reduction is a huge decrease. Would make virtually any other mine in the world more profitable.
Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
Eh, if they fail, that just means they don’t get to poison the earth and groundwater while stealing resources from the ground, sounds like a win-win to me.
kava@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, they still will. And we will still buy the lithium to run our phones and laptops.
It’s just we will export the damage to 3rd world countries instead.
Cyberwitch_7493@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 year ago
I believe change needs to start locally, and if we rise up and challenge capital interests, maybe other countries can too.