1. Good on them. 2. Too bad they let foreign companies exploit their natural riches so far. But of course - that was how world powers set up their colonies eve

1. Good on them. 2. Too bad they let foreign companies exploit their natural riches so far. But of course - that was how world powers set up their colonies everywhere, and it's been mostly the same with neo-colonies (which are supposedly sovereign, but foreign companies and governments call most of the shots). 3. I just wish the export profits are distributed more fairly, effectively and reasonably (which, right now, I somewhat doubt). 4. Lithium alternatives for batteries are being actively worked on and there's a lot of potential in some of these. Here is a survey of 5 examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1TBAWlbXKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1TBAWlbXKI