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A hidden deposit of lithium in a US lake could power 375 million EVs::undefined

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It really doesn't seem feasible, I mean how are they going to get the third world children there to mine it?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Step 1: Loosen current child labor laws (We're here now) ...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Step 1: Status quo immigration

Step 2: loosening child labor laws and the regulatory state

Step 3:????

Step 4: capitalism has now captured a new second class to extract this resource! Profit!

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Were already at step 2, you can ask the governor of AR.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Ah, AR, that infamous state where a mother killed her three babbys.

[–] Maggoty 3 points 1 year ago

Same way the meat packing industry does?