The Dark Hidden Cost Of The Mineral That Makes Green Energy Possible

26 Aug 2022 | Abstracted from World Crunch

"...the Argentine Puna constitutes a larger territory together with parts of Chile and Bolivia. Over the last few years, it's become known as the lithium triangle, an area coveted by large corporations because has more than 65% of the world's lithium reserves concentrated in three countries.

"...lithium mining "takes extraordinary amounts of water...they will use in 14 days the amount" [the local population uses in a year].

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