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-Land of the Free
There's lithium in thar hills! Great 'white gold' Rush in Nevada sees more than 17,000 mining claims for the precious metal used in electric cars and smartphones... but it's all on tribal land
2022-10-19
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Nevada is rich in lithium and has attracted many investors and companies looking to extract the soft metal used in electric car batteries

  • Data shows that there have been more than more than 17,000 placer claims on lithium sites in Nevada

  • Three-quarters of the sites sit on tribal land, including Thacker Pass that is set to be mined being one of them

  • In 1865, Native Americans were killed at the site by government officials

  • Locals fear their ancestral homelands will be turned 'into a sacrifice zone for electric car batteries
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Posted by:Skidmark

#10  ^-- See Lumber
Posted by: CrazyFool   2022-10-19 18:39  

#9  So we buy our lithium from the Chinese

I understood the ore would be mined in Nevada, shipped to China for refining, then shipped back for manufacturing, which may be less toxic.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-10-19 17:43  

#8  Does the runoff go through Sacramento?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-10-19 15:00  

#7  
Posted by: Herman Grinetle6726   2022-10-19 13:02  

#6  So we buy our lithium from the Chinese who are unconcerned with such matters.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2022-10-19 12:46  

#5  Maybe my med costs will drop also.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-10-19 12:40  

#4  Like that little detail has ever stopped the US before.
Posted by: DarthVader   2022-10-19 10:17  

#3  History doesn't exactly repeat itself, but it rhymes.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-10-19 07:31  

#2  
To be followed by Biden halting all Lithium Mining in the USA and calling on South America & Africa, to provide more Lithium to the USA.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-10-19 06:49  

#1  Wait for it ....
Environmentalist find rare snail that only lives in Lithium Nevada mining areas. EPA to spend $10 Billion in researching its population and its Pronouns.
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-10-19 06:42  

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