They will get rid of it.
Just like our helium.
Sooner or later some greenie will come along and tell the EPA that mining this lithium will hurt Mother Erf. And that will be the end of that.
Or maybe the EPA will shut things down on its own. No greenie complaint needed.
It might be possible in Nevada.
Why would our energy dependence on foreign nations be treated any different with Lithium than it is with oil and gas.
We have the largest reserves of oil and gas too.
President Trump had us wholly independent.
The Obama/Biden regime immediately shut that down, day one of their administration.
Mining Lithium:
The cost of green energy: lithium mining’s impact on nature and people
Head of the environmental unit of Chile’s Atacama Indigenous Council, Francis Mandoca, states that lithium mines ruin one zone to satisfy another.
Thematic Intelligence
Oct 30, 2023
“The environmental fallout from lithium mining is clear and far-reaching. Massive quantities of fresh water, classified as a precious resource in these arid regions, are diverted for lithium mining operations, fueling the salt flats brine. This leaves local communities and wildlife parched.”
That is, unless Biden and Hunter don’t sell it to China.
Until, of course, it gets sold to China.
How long before Biden turns these areas into a permanent national no mining area using federal regulations, such as NEPA, Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, and the National Historic Preservation Act, or something else?
There is no way in hell that the Salton Sea will be drained to mine lithium, at least not until California SELLS it to the Chicoms.
The House should pass a bill requiring all mining of lithium to be done without any vehicle, tool, or other equipment that uses, or was produced using hydrocarbons. Net zero, you know.
EC
Further, Foote mineral has closed lithium mines in lots of places.
America has never suffered from lack of lithium.
Foreign lithium was purchased and American mines closed because the foreign sourced material was less expensive
When will the environuts begin their protests against the mining?
As if the democrats would allow a single shovel full of ore to be mined. And since the Chomo Biden regime is owned by China, no way will Biden allow domestic lithium to be mined.