California's next big valley, "Lithium Valley," powering electric car future
California's next big valley, "Lithium Valley," powering electric car future
Long a hub of geothermal power production, a forgotten backwater of Southern California known as the Salton Sea, is a bountiful reservoir of lithium, is being dubbed “Lithium Valley.” The silvery-white metal is now in huge demand as it is used in electric vehicle batteries. Ben Tracy reports.
Each weekday morning, “CBS Mornings” co-hosts Gayle King, Tony Dokoupil and Nate Burleson bring you the latest breaking news, smart conversation and in-depth feature reporting. “CBS Mornings” airs weekdays at 7 a.m. on CBS and 8 a.m. ET on CBSN.
Subscribe to “CBS Mornings” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CBSMornings
Watch CBSN live: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7c
Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8
Follow “CBS Mornings” on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3A13OqA
Like “CBS Mornings” on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3tpOx00
Follow “CBS Mornings” on Twitter: https://bit.ly/38QQp8B
Subscribe to our newsletter: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T
Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ
For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com
Musk must be up all night wondering why he left for texas 😂 all cali lithium batteries should be sold to him at mocked up prices for all those years cali gave him tax free encentives
Blind Fools
Matter of national security!!! Let’s move it move it move it!!! Sooner the better we need to go electric, get off the gas and self sufficient!!
At what COST to HEALTH and ENVIROMENT??…. TELL THE PEOPLE HOW MUCH DEADLY POLUTION THIS MINING CAUSES…. TELL PEOPLE HOW MUCH DESTRUCTION COMES FROM THIS MINING…. TELL THEM THE RESPRITORY PROBLEMS PEOPLE WILL FACE….
TELL THE PEOPLE THE TRUTH OF THE DANGERS INSTEAD OF BRAGGING HOW MUCH MONEY YOU WILL MAKE… OR SCARE TACTICS OF NATIONAL SECURITY
Clicked on this video by accident. I’m from Imperial Valley and oh my….
Can we get a robot president to run the country I know it would do a better job than what we have Now !
The salton sea is below sea level and sits on the San Andreas fault” this major flood that over filled the salton sea on 9/11/2022 wow very unpredictable
China owns the land!!!
California is plagued with roaming brown outs and can’t keep its own power on. They told people recently to NOT charge their car at home.
yes
The Salton Sea is not naturally *drying up.* San Diego County is taking the water, a dirty deal brokered by the super-powerful Imperial Irrigation District, inflicting this major environmental and social justice disaster (high respiratory illness rate among residents near the Sea, etc.) FYI. How much more damage will be done by lithium mining?
Shows how bogus this all is
advance public transportation like japan , not more cars
This punk is checking my reality.
Don’t let that just slip past your conscious.. click away.
Niland is now the backbone of Americas future
Too little, Too late. I Remember reading about this lake years ago as a kid now its being worked on not just to save the ecosystem and the local area but also so companies can get material rights. What a joke only took the 70s , 80s, 90s, 2010, 2020 , for somebody’s wallet to finally care.
And what do we do with the lithium batteries when they are worn out?
Tesla Leads the pack
Who would’ve thought that the Man made lake would do something like that
Since hella people in the comments clearly weren’t paying attention…
They’re not going to mine the lithium, it’s being pumped up with hydrothermal water. They take the heat energy and the lithium and pump the water right back down. It would literally be the most environmentally friendly source of lithium in the world. Australia mines it.
This is a very good thing for the environment and Imperial Valley.
So we are going to “ mine” lithium for EVs. So much for environmental concern.
Makes you wonder why Elon Musk hasn’t invested in the Salton Sea if it has tons of lithium.
My only question is why can’t we just do hydrogen vehicles instead of electric?
gold was discovered in california again 😂
Wait a second, every1 told me heavy metals and pesticides are safe?! Now they’re saying their toxic? 🫠🙄🤮
See that first white truck thing speeding off…GM product. First GM products run on black gold now on white gold.
As a resident of El Centro and the Imperial Valley Area
I really hope we are able to reap the benefits and fix the Salton sea.
But I highly doubt that.
CBS left out that 1% is from the municipalities and federal government ownership. Only 1.9% are individual ownership.
So… They’re going to make all these lithium batteries and put them in all these electric cars they make and that’s how we’re going to solve the oil crisis? They’re doing all this overnight, right? Because gas prices are high now. Right now. This is why people think the Liberal mainstream media is STUPID!
i would buy an electric car, if i knew how to fix it, lol. i guess i will stick to gas engines
Ridin’ with Biden, good job grandpa Joe!!!
LITHIUM FRACKING
So what is “pollution conscious” California going to do with all that toxic lithium when these batteries reach the end of their service life? And what about the massive environmental damages lithium mining causes? If you want to reduce pollution why don’t you just maintain your forests?
I love it bruh
finding lithium? what about the 10’s of thousands of old batteries? funny how the US doesnt have one. so what will they do with them in Cal?????
Gm no thank you
Literally no one is calling it Lithium Valley
It’s not that they didn’t care about it. The fact that before the price of lithium was too low to mine it. Now that it’s in demand the price has risen. Making it worth mining.
So are they using geothermal and collecting the Lithium as well as making energy or are they just pumping it up to just collect the Lithium.
If its just Lithium shut it down.
If its geothermal and there collecting the Lithium as a byproduct then ok its fine.
Thoughts.
2.9% is astounding. For now.
And the next best idea an American has when building an electric vehicle is an SUV. dear lord, your people deserves its downfall.
Electric cars 🚗 are a scam
When Trumps is pres in 2024 CLIMATE HOAX will die!!!
That means no need for EV period!!
That means MUSK the con-man walks and investors lose it all.
Maybe AL Gore will save you with his "science".
Seems awfully convenient. Draining the lake and causing a major environmental problem is now justified.
You can bet Insider Trader Pelosi has her hooks in this project already!!!!!👀
Tell me who is hiring?! I’m on my way to become a lithium miner …
I own a lot of land in Salton City.
Stick to TSLA 📈
Lithium is already obsolete , waste of news. The new battery technology won’t use it ,Graphene is the new battery
Lol
By the time they were to extract the lithium it would be worth $7T not $7B thanks to demand increase, world supply decrease, and inflation.