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Posted on 12/20/2025 1:53:03 PM PST by Eleutheria5
The world’s largest battery reservoir can be found in Bolivia, with 23,000,000 tonnes of lithium having been found rather close to America. Below the salt flats is a resource that is central to the global energy transition. The reason that this has become all the more interesting and why all the attention has fallen on the Andes is due to the fact that the demand for electric vehicles has escalated.
Salar de Uyuni is becoming a point of interest Salar de Uyuni is the largest salt flat that covers over 10,500 square kilometers, and hidden beneath the crust here is 23 million metric tons of lithium. Since lithium is rather important for lithium-ion batteries used to power electric vehicles and renewable energy storage, this finding is rather valuable globally.
Bolivia’s proximity to markets in North and South America makes it of more importance geographically. The problem arises when it comes to turning these findings into usable lithium. For now, Bolivia’s lithium is contained in brine. Brine is a groundwater mixture that is complicated to extract. The region is still undergoing many debates regarding the long-term environmental risks in terms of extracting the usable lithium.
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Plenty in south Arkansas as well.
Let’s strip mine the whole world so we can all drive around the strip mines in golf carts!
Just think what you could do with all that lithium over at Democratic Underground.
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“The reason that this has become all the more interesting and why all the attention has fallen on the Andes is due to the fact that the demand for electric vehicles has escalated.”
I question that (that demand for electric vehicles has escalated.”
The news I read suggest American car makers are backing off electric vehicles. That may change if democrats get their hands on the military again.
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I’m assuming you mean for medical/mental treatment and if so best comment I will read this year.
I read recently that sodium may replace lithium in batteries. That would sure help with the environmental impact.
“Because sodium is abundant and available at low-cost, sodium-ion batteries (SIBs) are a leading candidate for replacing LIBs while still meeting global energy demands,” said the researchers associated with the study. The effectiveness of SIBs relies on the negative electrode material known as hard carbon
European automakers have ALSO backed off. Porsche just announced that they new Boxster/Caymans which were slated to become EVs only, would now also include an ICE. Probably as a hybrid because they’ve already blown a metric TON of money on the EV design, only to have to change it at the last minute because of “market forces”.
My golf cart is bigger than your golf cart.
INB4 China spends a TON of money to drum up “environmentalists” either in Bolivia, or across the world, to protest against mining for this lithium. (Or simply pays off people in the Bolivian government to not allow it).
It's a salt flat in the Andes. How much worse could things be?
Just as production ramps way up, a better alternative will be found.
I think hybrid mixtures of an internal combustion motor, electric motors and batteries are the likely path forward.
The battery size will be optimized for the customer’s typical daily use plus a modest percentage.
Typically, the vehicle will run on electric (battery) power via electric motors.
On long trips or if the customer forgets to recharge the battery or if the battery falls below a certain capacity or if the sun doesn’t shine bright for days or if the electric price is high, the ICE motor will do its thing.
The internal combustion motor, electric motors and batteries will all work together for passing and with heavy loads.
“.....the fact that the demand for electric vehicles has escalated.....”
Bull crap.
Ford is termoinating its F150 Lightning All electric truck because there is no general acceptence in the market.
This thread article is another example of greenie wet dreaming.
See:
“Ford announced today it’s ending production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning as we know it in 2025, as in the next few weeks. Perhaps that’s not so much of a shock if you’ve been watching the market shift since the elimination of the $7500 Federal EV incentive this year. The Blue Oval says it’s shifting to “higher-return opportunities” that include more trucks and vans, while launching a new battery energy storage business.
“Ford no longer plans to produce select larger electric vehicles where the business case has eroded due to lower-than-expected demand, high costs and regulatory changes,” the company said in a release today.
LOL, yep!
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