Thanks to Maya Kapoor for her excellent series on lithium mines (“When Indigenous religious freedom and public-lands management clash,” July 2021, and “The next mining boom?” March 2021). Cultural and environmental damage worldwide weigh heavily on us already. I, for one, can’t wait for a better alternative fuel.
Valerie McBride
Boulder, Colorado
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline How much lithium do we need?.
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