Lithium could be key to turning Arkansas oil patch into a battery boomtown

[LiberalArkie]

EL DORADO, Ark. — Oil powered the last century, with some of it pulled from the ground in Arkansas, but in today's cleaner and greener times, batteries are going to power our lives.

There is a global push to find the chemicals that go into those batteries, mainly lithium. The mineral for the most part is mined from distant parts of the world and refined into devices in China.

That creates a future threat to energy independence, similar to what the U.S. faced for years with Middle Eastern oil.
Enter Standard Lithium, Ltd. and its plan to pump it from the ground right here in Arkansas.

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https://www.thv11.com/article/tech/science/lithium-arkansas-oil-battery-boomtown/91-5fefe1e5-10d6-4dca-8e60-063cd87156dc

Where there is bromine there is usually lithium, And there is a lot of bromine plants in south Arkansas

[BootinUp]

1. Didn't know that about bromine and lithium

Interesting.

[d_r]

2. wellllll doggie

[Budi]

3. Not surprised. Globally, Elon locates hisTesla factories near a Lithium mine

"Gigafactory Texas is an automotive manufacturing facility near Austin, Texas, under construction by Tesla, Inc. since July 2020. Tesla aims to have it up and running by the end of 2021. The factory is planned to be the main factory for the Tesla Cybertruck and the Tesla Semi. "
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Thre was also recent talk of lithium mining in west Tx. His Boring Co has recently found a new venture in Tx, & now with this public announcement of lithium in Arkansas, it is no surprise that he located his Tesla factory in the vicinity of the mine.

Where Tesla factories spring up, be sure there will be lithium nearby.

He has followed this pattern globally.

Tx being the business friendly State it is, certainly makes sense now hearing about Arkansas' lithium findings.