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A lithium brining pond near Silver Peak, Nev. Las Vegas Review-Journal
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David Lyons Las Vegas
June 30, 2024 - 9:01 pm
 

Reading Sunday’s Review-Journal, I noted the article regarding Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s support of the Chinese ownership of a lithium battery plant there because it required that the elements needed be sourced from the United States.

Reading Monday’s Review-Journal, I noted the headline regarding the potential danger to the Amargosa Valley’s environment posed by mining here in our country for the very minerals required for a green energy transition.

Seems that either way the Chinese win and we lose.

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