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Your article is pretending that the water access issues are caused by lithium mining. This is a specious argument that only makes sense because they omitted the
by marcusverus 3y ago
Your article is pretending that the water access issues are caused by lithium mining. This is a specious argument that only makes sense because they omitted the obviously pertinent fact that Chile is in the grip of a decade-long drought.
That's FUD, my dude.
- giantg2 3y ago"That's FUD, my dude." Only if you explain it the way you just did. The fact is, instead of restricting water usage related to lithium mining, they'd rather let the river run dry. While the drough is a major factor, so too is how the regulations allow the continued abuse of the limited resource.
- robertlagrant 3y agoIf lithium mining brings in money to buy water and other things as well, then it's not great, but it's probably the better choice.
- giantg2 3y agoTrue, but are they actually offsetting the negarive costs by doing things like that, or are the companies protecting their profits?
- robertlagrant 3y agoIt's speculation at this point. Just depends on whether people think the water cost of lithium mining is more than the sale price of the lithium. Either that or the government isn't doing its job.
- djbusby 3y agoWhy don't the mining company buy+ship the water then and leave the river alone?
- AmpsterMan 3y agoIf Chile is undergoing a drought, are there not ethical considerations for prioritizing water for the benefit of the public rather than for manufacturing?