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<p class="MsoNormal">For now there is the Salton Sea.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.autoweek.com/news/green-cars/a37029490/gm-will-suck-lithium-from-the-salton-sea-to-make-batteries/">GM Will Suck Lithium From the Salton Sea to Make Batteries (autoweek.com)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Friam <friam-bounces@redfish.com> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Jon Zingale<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 3, 2021 8:05 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> friam@redfish.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [FRIAM] Liberal dilemmas<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">Now that Afghanistan is prepped to be the Democratic Republic of Congo 2.0 (this time lithium rather than coltan), I suspect that the world is poised for a whole
new liberal dilemma:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">1. Continue to support an oil industry largely responsible for rapid climate collapse.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#333333">2. Switch to supporting a battery industry that will be largely responsible for human trafficking/slavery and child labor.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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