California’s Lithium Valley could power electric vehicle industry | 60 Minutes

the green EV dream is a joke. a fantasy. The carbon costs to pull the lithium, cobalt, and copper are magnitudes larger than the world is mining. By the CEO's numbers alone, this massive lithium plant will only supply 500k cars a year. nobody has talked about the copper wire upgrades in California alone that is causing brownouts ALREADY just from the Tesla's charging at night.

The only lithium mine in NV has already leaked chemicals in waters

Greed the new Green

Mining is a dirty business

Greed the new green

BS.

There’s some in Mexico, take that too

what a joke get out of the area. Gold was worth crossing a continent now they talk about a common bs. Keep your batteries.

Lithium mining using clean energy. 😂😂😂
60 minutes has been the most gullible news source for at least 20 years

Wow they are gonna sell to China but China Literally stores cars in fields to boost their stock market Value probably wont sell the cars themselves for many years so it’s actually bad for the environment because a lot will be damaged and China just leaves it there to pollute

Electric is New things and can connect with New technology 🙏🇰🇭❤️🇯🇵🇫🇷! I’m sorry if what I say is wrong

Where will the tons of non recyclable batteries going to be stored? Where are the tons of solar panel materials going to be stored? What state is going to be the hazardous waste dump for these toxic materials? California, the state producing the hazard!

If you look at the whole picture, EVs not environmentally friendly at all.
Cheers

The toxicity in My city IN MY CITY!

Mexico 🇲🇽 will nationalize it and other countries like the US will cry about it 😂

Pipefitters are going to be busy!

Wonder if Elon has invested in any of the Lithium companies? Would say a lot if he has.

Don't believe the Hype

In Seattle I saw sooo many tesla over the weekend. I didn't know why

Maybe you should figure out how to keep your exiting grid operable before you start tap dancing

Good luck building anything in California. By the time you get all the permits and navigate through all the regulations, raccoons have taken over humanity and studying our history.

Wow… You were told the Lithium Valley area could produce half the lithium for all cars in the US and then you turned around and said that it could produce all the lithium needed for cars in the US. I just don't understand. ?

This segment is extremely favorable towards business interests and does not fully explain the dire status of the Salton Sea. While Lithium extraction has big benefits, 60 Minutes totally failed to highlight how bad the toxic dust and environmental impacts of mining will have on the surrounding area.

The Pacific Institute's 2014 report states, "Even at the low estimate, the long–term social and economic costs of a deteriorating Salton Sea could approach $29 billion."

Failing to include the economic consequences of the Salton Sea's demise does not provide the viewer with a full picture as to the stakes of lithium extraction.

I wish people could get the lithium picture. It is very complicated, and the new sodium batteries are proving better and safer, and sodium is as easy to get hold of as lithium is difficult. Lithium seems to me a most unsafe investment.

Stop deflecting the truth about nickel and cobalt!!!!!!!!!

As long greedy individuals dont ruin the business aspect, and its a win win for everyone

It’s simply comical how you EV apologists stick your head in the sand with the coming environmental disaster caused by EV’s. Simply comical.

Now we just need gooberment to force people into EV’s because that’s the only way they buy this junk.

It was reported in the mainstream news that - Elon Musk is now buying and using cost effective BYD batteries in his EV cars production since March 2023
Elon Musk has to eat his uncomplimentary words that talked down on BYD! 😂

What about all the science saying that the imperial valley will be uninhabitable by 2050 because of all of the toxic dust. It already has the highest rate of youth asthma in the country.....

Where does the lithium come from????? slaves process and mine it.

But you have to charge them…

They better build the compound earthquake proof since sultan sea is active in earthquakes

Americans are so inventive and create such wonders.

IT IS CURRENTLY NOT POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE LYTHIUM BATTERIES....
SO MORE TOXIC DISTRUCTION.....IN CALIFORNIA.... RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SAN ** ANDREAS * FAULT.... *
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GREAT IDEA ...
WORLD CLASS VENTURE ....
SUCH
MORONS....
Geezzzz

IT IS CURRENTLY NOT POSSIBLE TO RECYCLE LYTHIUM BATTERIES....
SO MORE TOXIC DISTRUCTION.....IN CALIFORNIA.... RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SAN ANDREAS FAULT....
GREAT IDEA ...
WORLD CLASS VENTURE ...

What a way to corner the market. The cleanest energy is free energy.

All natural resources in America belong to We the people. Even California! So remember we all get a slice of that pie.

Recycling the batteries is also in need. Hopefully the government will take it into consideration

Digging in California perpetually for resources is a bad idea. You already have earthquakes and the San Andreas fault. And the green electricity grid cant sustain all needs for energy.

Could lithium be combined with titanium and Nickel.

Maybe TiN coat the battery everywhere you can

We could have a fully functional society. We don’t. But we could 🍾🥂

Hey, gang, you left out one key question: Where does the electricity come from to charge all those batteries? Wind energy is turning turtle. Solar panels are largely another import. and can't possibly pay for themselves. Nuclear is still political unthinkable. And most other sources of generation have the greenies lined up to stop R&D, let alone implementation. And, too, as tax rates rise, as they are sure to do, the voters' willingness to subsidize lithium extraction and electric vehicles is somewhat likely to wane,

With every passing month theres less and less need for highly toxic lithium mining as sodium batteries are the next generation with better design and no fire hazard as associated with lithium batteries in crashes .

LITHIUM IS ON IT'S WAY OUT - There is already new battery materials companies are starting to switch over too.

Lets see how’s profitable it can be..by time the liberals get a hold of it, be lucky to break even

There Will be a huge disaster simply because it is not natural - none of this is... Never has been, Never will... Taking from the Earth - in whatever form, Never ends well.... Never... It all creates an imbalance, always does........
God help us all...

We will see if they are willing to keep the cost down... But I dought it... I seriously dought it... Japan - sure they are doing it best, but here in greedy America... I dont see it ending well at all...