Posted on 06/14/2022 3:17:50 PM PDT by george76
Clash comes as global demand surges to power batteries for electric cars..
A northern Nevada mine that is the largest-known source of lithium in the United States for electric car batteries is facing resistance from a radical environmental group and some of its American Indian supporters.
The mine at Thacker Pass is on Bureau of Land Management property in rural Nevada between two mountain ranges about 25 miles south of the border with Oregon.
The fight reflects other political battles between liberals and far-left factions within the Democratic Party, with larger ramifications for the party’s agenda. Lithium is the key ingredient in powering electric vehicles, a centerpiece of the Biden administration’s efforts to promote renewable energy in place of fossil fuels and to develop domestic sources of the critical mineral. China has spent heavily over the years to develop its lithium production industry and is far outpacing what the U.S. has achieved.
Lithium Nevada, the company developing the 18,000-acre mine site, received a BLM permit in January 2021 for what will be open-pit mining of lithium from clay and processing near the town of Orovada, about 200 miles northeast of Reno. The permit was the final step in a decade-long approval process before mine construction. The company plans to begin building the mine this year once it clears all legal hurdles.
Soon after the permit was issued, several lawsuits were filed in federal court seeking to slow or halt the project. The lawsuits claim the land is sacred ground for American Indians and argue that the project will damage the local environment.
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Deep Green Resistance advocates ... believes humans do not need electricity.
Both anarchist and Marxist-Leninist ideologically, Deep Green Resistance is anti-American and anti-capitalist. ... support Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, Karl Marx and the Black Panther Party.
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The Lithium Batteries that I buy, which are the AA and AAA Energizers, have increased in price from $1.21 to $1.55 (each), at Sam’s in the past 2 months, nearly 30% - after having been steady at $1.21 for the past 3 years or so.
There’s some serious crap going down regarding Lithium, but the media knows to SPIKE it, as stories telling what’s really going on could greatly slow down their Great Reset.
How are these bastids gonna get their crazy medicine without lithium mining?
Well they can have their cake, and they can throw it on the ground.
Ha!
Because there isn’t enough lithium on the planet to make all the batteries for the elctro cars the left is planning to mandate.
“Because there isn’t enough lithium on the planet to make all the batteries for the elctro cars the left is planning to mandate.”
Yep, and it continues, those excellent batteries went up in price again, several months ago, and are now are $1.95 each...they were $1.11 roughly a year ago.
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