The Conversation U.S.May 9, 2023

Though #EVs emit fewer greenhouse gases than fuel-powered vehicles, their batteries require rare minerals – especially lithium.

Lithium extraction is speeding up in Bolivia, where it holds significance to Indigenous communities. The very idea of a ‘raw material’ is foreign to them.

https://theconversation.com/raw-materials-or-sacred-beings-lithium-extraction-puts-two-worldviews-into-tension-200047

#energy #Indigenous

Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

Lithium extraction in Bolivia poses more than environmental questions: It illustrates how notions about ‘raw materials’ can be at odds with Indigenous relations with the land.

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May 10, 2023 at 2:14amWeb