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Do we have enough lithium to power the future?

The Inquiry

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Lithium in the Atakama Desert

Lithium is extracted from Chile's salt flats so that it can be used in batteries. But exploiting the lithium disrupts water supply to local communities, which have lived there for thousands of years. "Sucking out the brine impacts the ter system in a very water scarce environment," says one expert.

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