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Lithium discovery in US volcano could be biggest deposit ever found::Find could point to new ways to prospect for material in high demand for batteries.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an American, I'd prefer we mine our own rather than externalize our sins to some other region of the world.

Obviously I wish we didn't tear anything up, and also wish other countries weren't turn up either, but if we want batteries we should be responsible

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

There's a fair chance we would mine it more responsibly than if somebody else mines it elsewhere.