182 -   The Problem with Lithium

182 - The Problem with Lithium

Author: Blue Rock Station June 4, 2023 Duration: 29:18

Lithium and specifically lithium batteries promise to be the “oil” of the coming decades. But like oil, it comes at a price. There has already been a military coup of a democratically elected government (applauded by the US govt, sound familiar?) over control of this resource. Mining practices are wreaking havoc on some regions of the world – and the transition to lithium is just beginning.

But is the future of lithium all doom and gloom, or the dawn of a bright new age?

Join Jay and Annie Warmke of Blue Rock Station for a discussion of the positives and negatives the world faces as it transitions to a battery economy – and what new sources and technologies hold promise that history does not have to repeat itself.


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