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Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Exxon will mine lithium for electric vehicle batteries in Arkansas::With EV incentives tied to domestic battery content, US lithium mines are needed.

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[โ€“] ChemicalPilgrim 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We should embrace anything that gets us off fossil fuels faster even if it comes from companies that have contributed to the problem in the past. We don't have time for purity tests if we actually want to tackle this problem.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah have you seen lithium mining...... You think Exxon will do it safely? Cleanly?.....