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Exhausted: How We Can Stop Lithium Mining from Depleting Water Resources, Draining Wetlands, and Harming Communities in South America

CleanTechnica EVs

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, we must transition away from fossil fuels like petroleum and coal and toward clean energy generation and zero-emission transportation options. However, many green technologies, such as electric vehicles and renewable power plants, depend on lithium-ion batteries, which require lithium.

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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

Green Car Congress

South America. There was a stark change in 2014 South America automotive demand compared to 2013, when monthly sales broke the 500,000 unit mark seven times. Uncertainty lingers over Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Venezuela for 2015. million units. The year preliminarily closed with 5.34

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

By focusing on localizing the midstream processing of lithium and partnering with Australia, Chile, and Argentina, India can build an alternate supply chain for herself. That is unfortunately the reality of the world where social media nonsense takes precedence over scientific research. [2] References Diamond Mine shown as Lithium Mines!

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