Have you heard that lithium mining for batteries is bad for the environment?

Oil & coal company surrogates who tell you that stuff don't mention that each lithium mine closes several coal mines and oil wells FOREVER.

When you make a lithium battery is lasts a long time and is then recycled. When you mine coal or drill oil it is burned and gone and the carbon that puts in the air is destroying the environment for decades and decades.

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@dcjohnson I like to share this visualization of the relative impact of fossil fuel use and lithium mining.
https://climatecrocks.com/2022/08/18/lithium-and-coal-in-perspective/

I'll also note that most of the "lithium mine" photos circulating on social media are not in fact lithium mines.

Lithium, and Coal, in Perspective

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@dcjohnson and as we all know, oil wells and coal mines are basically paradise-like sustainable spas.
@dcjohnson There are some great stories about lithium mining, and recycling, in season 1 of the How We Survive podcast
https://www.marketplace.org/shows/how-we-survive/page/2/
How We Survive

How do you live in a place that wasn’t meant for development? And should we even try? The climate crisis is here, and we’re looking for solutions.

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