Lithium mining in Arkansas. Is this part of the Geoengineering debacle?

Dear Governor Sarah Huckabee, I’d like to bring to your attention a concern on the Exxon contract that allows them to extract lithium.

The brine pools left over after the extraction, these pools can spread across thousands of acres, where heavy metals like arsenic and radioactive materials like uranium can be left behind, say research scientists in the field.

“Depending on the circumstance of the operation, it may even be more exhausting and depleting of water resources.”

Exxon announced a 2027 target date for commercial production and claims it will produce enough lithium by 2030 to power a million electric vehicles. It’s now shopping for a DLE technology to license.

The land will be poisoned. I don’t think you as The Governor of Arkansas really understands what this is going to do to the beauty and nature that is Arkansas!

Already, such technologies have managed to recover as much as 95 percent of the lithium in experimental tests, a paper in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment noted last year. However, that accomplishment comes with a caveat: less than a third of published DLE experiments have been conducted on real-world brines. And because the concentration of brines — and the make-up of other compounds in the mix — vary widely, every site will require a tailored approach.

This is very concerning. As we see what is going on with our corporation and government it’s wise to maybe stop for a moment and look into this deeper.

I would think that there is cause for concern; The Energy Department’s interest is partially a matter of geopolitics: China has cornered the market on lithium refining, has already produced 70 percent of the world’s lithium batteries, and Chinese companies are moving to acquire mines across the world. To encourage domestic production, the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act offers a tax credit for electric vehicles whose “critical minerals,” including lithium, are mined and refined in the United States or its trade partners.

The price of the metal fell 80 percent last year, following a drop in demand for EVs in China, leading to layoffs at production facilities across the world. ExxonMobil, though, is well positioned to weather the downturn. “The price can be super low in 2024 and they don’t care,” Hiatt says. “They’re going to create a scale so that when the price comes up, it’s going to be profitable in another year or two.” The scale of investment in the region, he says, makes Arkansas a critical test case for DLE.

Worrisome words are, critical test case for DLE. So that is code for they have no idea what this will do environmentally. Not a warm cozy vibe there!

Might want to do some digging into https://www.cbsnews.com/news/koch-industries-russia-ukraine-sanctions/

Yep not a good sign. It’s in our best interest to do a deep dive into these companies and really investigate their motives. Trust no one and ask questions.

WWYHS