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Old 08-26-2022, 02:43 AM  
BaldBastard
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Originally Posted by jscott View Post
That's great!!! Too bad those "battery tech" vehicles are destroying huge portions of Earth.

"The common environmental side effects of lithium mining are water loss, ground destabilisation, biodiversity loss, increased salinity of rivers, contaminated soil and toxic waste. In the Salar de Uyuni, water loss is the main cause for concern."

But thankfully these fields are elsewhere, so we can be happy
They're going to get it from Australia, its mined from places even the kangaroos don't go

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-...tion/100318108

Aus is already the biggest exporter of lithium, 46.3% of world supply which we can double if the cash comes..
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