Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Cute, they seem to completely gloss over the fact that the review of the site’s environmental impact was rushed, the fact that it’ll likely be disrupting several native habitats, including at least one species that doesn’t exist elsewhere, the fact that it’ll apparently be destroying places that are important to the culture and religions of the surrounding tribal groups (apparently thacker pass is sacred as a massacre against native Americans was committed there, and that they were not consulted before it was approved like they were supposed to), or any of the other issues with it.

  We need lithium, but considering how bad of a reputation resource extraction companies have, could we not gloss over the fact that, once again, a mining company is about to bulldoze a lot of land with ecological, cultural, and religious importance in the name of green capitalism? At least force them to mine underground instead of gouging yet another scar into the face of the earth with an open pit mine.

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  • Pohl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You gotta choose. Dig messy holes at home, make friends with china, or rapacious exploitation of developing nations.

    Which one do you like best?

    I’m not advocating for a bunch of nasty mines in my backyard. I’m just pointing out that “not mining” is a choice that is pretty ugly also.

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    • Knoxvomica@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Ensure that the indigenous groups that have claim to the area are entitled at least 50% ownership and profit. Provide them priority on training and jobs. Give them a stake in the entire operation.

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You forgot the best option! Forcing Mexico to become the 51st State

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Seawater extraction is starting to ramp up. We may not have to make that choice at all.

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  • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s going to be mined somewhere. Acting like US land is too sacred to be mined for lithium while mining has equally bad if not worse effects on other places is basically NIMBYism for resource extraction.

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  • GBU_28@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    As an American, I’d prefer we mine our own rather than externalize our sins to some other region of the world.

    Obviously I wish we didn’t tear anything up, and also wish other countries weren’t turn up either, but if we want batteries we should be responsible

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    • brianorca@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      There’s a fair chance we would mine it more responsibly than if somebody else mines it elsewhere.

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  • Audbol@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The thing about open pit mining vs. Underground is, when you are faced with options on how to solve a problem it’s very rare that safe, fast, inexpensive, and practical are all in the same choice.

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    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Pick two:

      • Safe
      • Fast
      • Practical
      • Cheap

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• DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Well fuck. Is America about to invade America? I don’t know how much more freedom I can take.

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  • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    My understanding is the site is in Nevada, so we’ve already nuked the bastards back to the stone age.

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    • DharmaCurious@startrek.website ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Oh, good, what a relief?

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• the_q@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Great! Now we can send American children in to mine it!

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  • wdx@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    The children yearn for the mines

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    • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The children yearn for the volcano*

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  • dzire187@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Republican law makers have been pushing to weaken protections against child labor. So, you’re not wrong.

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• skymtf@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Arkansas sends record number of children into Volcano

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  • bionicjoey@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Breaking previous record held by a small island in the South Pacific

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I wonder how “they” decide how much gets used for medicines vs all the technical applications

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  • aelwero@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    “they” simply put it up for sale… pharma buys what they need to make however much medicines will sell, and tech buys what they need to make however much batteries will sell.

    I’m relatively certain the amount purchased by pharma will be miniscule as hell compared to what tech will buy. Lithium batteries are everywhere. You’re probably staring right at one :)

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  • TheFriar@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    $$$$$$

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• EsteemedRectangle@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Repost sopuli.xyz/post/3319591

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  • Spacemanspliff@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s not how things work here.

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• reddig33@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just in time for Zinc Air batteries to displace the demand for lithium.

  electrek.co/…/zinc-air-batteries-ev-industry/

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Aaaaaaaany minute now

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    • broccoliman@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      New revolutionary Battery technology, 30% more capacity with less weight!!! No bad resources used!!!

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• topinambour_rex@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  US needs freedom, let’s import democracy to US.

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