The liberal beast must be fed even if that means eating itself.

Australia and Chile are the largest manufacturers of lithium. China does not even come close, and even if they did, of course they wouldn't follow US EPA standards, they're fucking China. Most modern lithium "mining" is actually done by pumping water in to lithium rich ground, extracting the water, then allowing the brine to evaporate in large evaporative pools for 8-18 months. Processing lithium isn't exactly dirty either. Really it just goes through normal refining processes.

Lithium is far cleaner than coal in every aspect for now, but who knows the long term effects lithium ion batteries will have on the planet

Source: worked for lithium manufacturer in Arizona.

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