Gerry McGovern on Nostr: When someone challenged Elon Musk, son of South African mining oligarchs, about the ...
When someone challenged Elon Musk, son of South African mining oligarchs, about the US government organizing a coup in Bolivia in order to guarantee cheap lithium, Musk’s response was short and sharp: “We will coup whoever we want,” he said. “Deal with it.” Or when Teague Egan, founder and CEO of EnergyX, saw Bolivia’s lithium-rich salt flats he said: “This is what I’m going to fucking conquer!” He boasted that he would make a New Bolivia. Classic tech bros.
https://greenrocks.substack.com/p/lithium-copper-cobalt-nickel-climate-mining-beiser-scheyderPublished at
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