Planet of the Humans. Shows why renewable is more corrupt and worse than Fossil fuel. It’s produced by Michel Moore. Here’s a review by Skynews from Australia.
There’s more untapped sources of lithium in the United States than in any other country, and unlike many reservoirs of fossil fuels considered untapped, these untapped resources could be tapped at relatively low production costs…with current technology.
As the importance of lithium-ion batteries grows for residential, commercial and military use, the criticality of establishing and expanding domestic sources of lithium is an important national security issue. However today, the U.S. contributes less than 2% of world supply of lithium even though it holds 17% of global lithium reserves. U.S. lithium production has historically been hampered by the relatively low concentration of lithium in U.S. brines, and lack of new technology available to economically extract it.
And that article was very revealing…while Donald Trump was touting fossil fuels, China was swooping in to become a major player in the Lithium Triangle in South America.
Amazing.
PS I will say, however, that there’s not enough lithium, tapped or untapped, to power an EV world by itself.
They have a faster depreciation schedule than other industries…dates back to a bill passed in the 1910s regarding depreciation of their wells (not the drilling equipment…the wells).
Coal still operates under taxation and other rules passed during the Korean War.
One easy way they can lead is to exempt the weight of non-ICE power units on commercial vehicles. Give all the battery, flywheel, or hyrbid weight to trucks for free, just like APUs are supposed to be free.