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If you are the Chilean or Australien government you would maybe be unhappy about moving away from Lithium. Most other governments would love it e.g. Europe does
by _fizz_buzz_ 3y ago
If you are the Chilean or Australien government you would maybe be unhappy about moving away from Lithium. Most other governments would love it e.g. Europe doesn't have much Lithium (or at least not a lot that is easy enough to extract to make it profitable). The EU and european governments already try to rely less on foreign supply chains, especially since they relied so heavily on Russia for gas and now have to scramble to find other sources.
- culi 3y agoMaybe the corporations of those countries. But Australian and Chilean citizens both loathe the environmental and health impacts of these industries. Especially those that live in or around the "sacrifice zones" of these industries
- raducu 3y ago> Europe doesn't have much Lithium The USA doesn't care if there's Xium inside the USA. Xium just has to be in a few places and it has to be moved across the globe, transacted in USD and guarded by the US Navy. Big corporations will not invest if they can't create a moat.