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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @11:12AM (#29014375)
Alternatives:

Mine somewhere else.

Non-lithium approaches to storing energy.

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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by crowbahr on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @11:19AM (#29014468)
If America is benefiting from the Lithium we should also be mining it at home. Let's not shift our negative cost externalities to a different nation but instead own them.
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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by peytoncasper on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @12:30PM (#29015511)
Do you have examples of portable, non-mined or extracted alternatives to storing energy?
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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by wibagusto on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:17PM (#29103337)
Carbohydrates. We can stick a needle in our blood to generate energy for portables.
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Re:$1.5B lithium deposit discovered in Maine; excavating it ... by rsj_hn on Wednesday November 03, 2021 @11:21PM (#29103367)
This is like one step away from the Morlock and Eloi.
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