The 'white gold rush': Inside a lithium mine, where stores of recyclable energy lie | Nightline
The 'white gold rush': Inside a lithium mine, where stores of recyclable energy lie | Nightline
Lithium powers many of our devices as well as electric vehicles. Western states are believed to hold an immense amount of the metal and some say it could help the U.S. reach its climate goals.
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James Calaway has no care for the environment. Leave lithium for the Aussies. They get it without wasting precious water and without impacting flora or fauna.
When Biden moved our Military our of Afghanistan, did he leave the Military equipment behind so Taliban regime could sell to China. The pictures of Chinese airplanes was pulled by media right away. Oil and lithium mines in Afghanistan are important to China.
I need to buy stocks in lithium
It’s too bad Biden is clueless…
If you believe anything this corrupt administration says you are a fool. These people will destroy everything they touch and charge the American people for their incompetence.
Smells like it will all end bad to me.And Biden carnt be trusted ,climate change lol . like he’s arsed .Look how he handled Afghanistan !
there is no "climate crisis" that is all political fascist bullshit! yes the climate is changing. it is getting colder which is bad. NOT hotter which would be better.
stop believing these "government" traitors.
This is the hypocrisy of the so called Renewable Energy sources powered by batteries. Politicians tell people to make changes in their lives to save the planet, while mining companies like this are making billions of dollars from lithium ponds which are destroying the environment. Read about cobalt mines in the democratic republic of Congo, where child labour is used to extract cobalt which also powers your laptops and mobile phones. The level of destruction to the environment in those cobalt mines are unbelievable. Yet Politicians turn a blind eye to all that while promoting the so called “renewable energy” which is mostly powered by batteries made from lithium and cobalt.
Well looks like American will invade Mexico and South America soon.
Now "Nomadland" is such a touchstone that a landscape that has existed for hundreds of millions of years looks like "Nomadland"? What a weird culture we live in … And the reporter walks like a model … And of course there are the overabundance of drone shots … Lord help us, and save us from what lithium hath brought!
This is very much a one sided report, practically free advertising for the mega mine corp. No mention of the water source or environmental issues outside of the a native flower.
Why did you ruin an interesting story by putting Joe Biden on?
Look into lithium mining in these other countries. What a joke. Shame on this media outlet
All this for batteries, yet what’s charging them? Mostly coal and oil.
Holy Spirit GOD Watsonville , California . The Sincerely prophecy and Prophesy and Prophet ISRAEL Michael Ramos ORAMOS PRINCE.
So let me get this right -we are holding up a process that could help revolutionize our economy and provide a whole new "green" industry within our country so that we can protect a bunch of glorified weeds that sit in a desert where no one lives.. This is why people vote for politicians like Trump.
The flower is stopping us becoming energy independent? Dude…
7:10 The two things that made the report for me: 1. Her asking the right questions and 2. him, as the party who is concerned with protecting the wildlife, admitting that this may actually be the better option for the planet and that endangering that species may be a price worth paying. Also that ioneer chairman dude couldn’t possibly look less untrustworthy to environmentalists.
Liar. Fresh Water and Ground Water are our biggest scarce resource concerns right now.
Let’s not pretend this is a good thing. Take a good hard look at the places that have been doing this for years. I did
I do worry that people that criticize fossil fuel only do so because they’re invested in something else that could have potentially worse consequences if expanded. Too often we rely on studies conducted by industries themselves for information on the environmental effects of said industries. Just google search EV cars, wind power, solar, ect. Most of the results that pop up are ads from those industries that drown out any studies conducted from independent sources. No study into any subject can be trusted if it is funded by the industries it is researching. That’s like having a murderer investigate his/her own crime, but too often this is the only source of data.
Gee this reporter isn’t biased or anything. We need to onshore production to make sure it’s done right??? Did the mining company pay her to say that or what?? 😆
Earth day??? Wtf
A tiny wild flower and a couple of nesting plovers and the US Lithium and Space industry grinds to a halt. Then studies are undertaken, forms are filled out, multiple levels of government permissions are sought, but still one person is not happy and permits stay frozen for the next 15 years. It’s possible to do ESG mining without destroying the environment, but in terms of legislation efficiency US resembles the Soviet Union in the 1970s in many ways and no wonder most US mining companies go to South America or China or elsewhere in the world to work.
I stopped listening once they showed Biden speak nonsense and nothing specific or even explaining anything and only political gibberish. One they started talking climate crap I realized this video can’t be trusted and is likely propaganda.
So they are fracking for this just like oil?
Don’t Step Here!!!!! Unleashed dog doing whatever…
Why did ABC fail to inquire about the loss of precious water in a time when Western states are facing a historical “mega drought” that may last for decades? If they would have done some research, they could have shown a mine that uses direct lithium extraction where the water is reclaimed and reinfected into the ground. For those interested here is a brief overview: https://youtu.be/u8-YDMzg2bY
Strip mining that’s your fix for climate change. 🤣🤣🤣.
Sorry buckwheat u gotta Gooooo 😂
Direct Lithium Extraction $SLI $LLKKF $eemmf is better for environment only takes 3 to 8 hours
You people are a bunch of liars. Most of the lithium that we use comes from the Congo. Only a small percentage comes from first world countries. It’s too expensive to mine for cobalt in a first world country because of workers unions, insurance, and the cost of clean up. Those mines are highly toxic, and bad for the environment. I’m not surprised that the media is trying to shine a positive light on these mines seeing as the C.E.O’s that own these media corporations have a huge investment into these mining companies and Politicians that support those investments.
Just remember. That huge battery that’s in your Tesla, or Chevy Volt, was brought to by a group of Africans risking their lives with no safety gear for only three dollars a day. I bet most of you liberals won’t look up lithium mines in Africa. This whole green energy via environmentally friendly electric cars is a political, and corporate sham.
is it a good idea to lithium farm the entire west coast
Thank you Patrick Donnelly ….. good gob
Can’t we just relocate the flower somewhere else with all the money that a lithium mine would generate
Tell you what. you can have the weeds in my yard for your buckwheat. Trade?
Even we all shift to electric vehicle, after watching this video no one cannot stop environment pollution.
Nurses are better
"To save the planet" this is a lie. They don t care. Is another story in the back for sure.
The dude with the cowboy hat and truck is an absolute joke. Advocacy?? Give me a break.
Better and cleaner than coal. Not to mention lithium is 92% recyclable. Yet another weak argument by right being decimated by reality.
I thought white gold was coke😂
FJB!
"We can regulate that"…. the government isnt a pressure valve. it is a series of beauracracies. Usually "Regulate", from a government standpoint, just means, "how much can we charge these businesses for an ‘Exception”?". the best regulation is competition between businesses as consumers purchase from the business who does their job in a more clean fashion.
biden make my stomach hurt
Wait for méxico.
Well it belongs to the original Americans not to the occupying force 🙄
Thank you Patrick Donnelly good gob …
got ya George !
Her voice is a cartoon voice