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The Future of Electric Cars Could Lie in...Afghanistan?

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Old 06-14-2010, 10:20 AM
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Electric cars like the 2011 Nissan Leaf require lots of lithium and other precious heavy metals to make them go. Today's sources of lithium are far and few: Bolivia has something like 40 percent of the world's deposits, while Russia, South Africa, Chile and Argentina have some. This weekend, the New York Times reported that the war-ravaged country...

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WHAT?! , unbelievable

This fixes NOTHING!
 
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Wow a country that we are going to spend billions of dollars on is going to reap the rewards of trillions. Seems about right
 
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