Tesla Came First. Now Nevada is Becoming America’s ‘Lithium Valley’ | NBCLX

Do you think driving a Tesla or plugging-in to solar power are environmentally-conscious choices? Then you should know it’s almost certain the batteries in those systems traveled around the world two or three times before they were even installed. That’s not very “green,” is it? Lithium-ion batteries, found in so many things we use every day, often have a rather costly carbon footprint.

That could soon change with a discovery that’s just a couple hours north of Tesla’s Gigafactory. A Canadian mining company, LithiumAmericas, identified what’s one of the world’s largest lithium deposits inside the footprint of an ancient volcano.

NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain takes us to the ancient volcano in Nevada that could hold the future of a green energy boom in the West.

Read the article here: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/NBCLX/is-a-proposed-lithium-mine-in-nevada-the-future-of-renewable-energy/2385781/

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Tesla Came First. Now Nevada is Becoming America’s ‘Lithium Valley’ | NBCLX
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