Gentrification for Slab City ?

I saw an article in the New York Times this morning that said that geologists have discovered a way to mine lithium from the Salton Sea in California, which is located in the front yard of the legendary and dearly beloved Slab City. As I understand the situation from the article, the Salton Sea is one of the two places in the U.S. which are the biggest known sources of the lithium we (the U.S., that is,) need to make us independent of the lithium supply from China and a couple of other places in Asia.

Expansion of the other site, in northern Nevada, is being protested and potentially blocked by ranchers and Native Americans for reasons pertaining to their ways of life, but so far no one seems to care about the Salton Sea (Duh!), so it looks like we will see a large and immediate surge of activity there, including a large influx of money and jobs and people with money and equipment and more money. This exploration appears to have the support of the Energy Department and appears to be good to go right now.

So what will it be like if Niland and Bombay Beach and Slab City become prime real estate? Hold on to yer hats, folks.

Here's the link from the article:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html

Johnny

That link takes us to a totally unrelated article about custom cars.

I can't respond to the article but the lithium mine in northern Nevada is a proposed mine. There is an existing lithium mine in central Nevada. So the part about it being only one of two places is false. So if the article states that they either lied or did not do the proper research, which doesn't surprise me. There are several places in the US where there is Lithium.

Highdesertranger

HDR,

Sorry about the link. I corrected it in the edit.

Should be OK now.

Johnny

Well thanks for fixing it but now they won't let me read the article unless I subscribe or give them my email address. No thanks on both counts.

Highdesertranger

Article from LA TIMES :

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.la...lac-solutions-bill-gates-salton-sea?_amp=true

You can read the NY TIMES article without subscribing or giving email .... ignore the pop up ...and continue reading

On mine you can't ignore the pop up blocks the article. Highdesertranger

Weird... I’m on a iPhone...and as soon as I start to scroll the pop up leaves... and then there’s a button that says READ FULL ARTICLE...

I am on a lap top and when I scroll down the pop up follows and blocks you from reading. Highdesertranger

Ok I copy/pasted from my phone (NYT)
See if that makes a difference... you can try removing cookies too :

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/06/business/lithium-mining-race.html

Pop up blockers are built in to browsers such as Firefox, et al.
Under Preferences.

To get past all that crap just to read text, s a text only browser, lynx, one of the original ways to browse the internet in the early days. I use lynx in a terminal window to get past pay walls.

highdesertranger said:

Well thanks for fixing it but now they won't let me read the article unless I subscribe or give them my email address.  No thanks on both counts.

Highdesertranger

Click to expand...

HDR, the title of the NYT article is "The Lithium Gold Rush: Inside the race to power electric vehicles" by Ivan Penn and Eric Lipton. It's bound to be picked up by others in the next few days, google it until it pops up on a non-paywall site. It's an entirely different article than the LA Times article. Both worth reading.

Yeah .. that LA TIMES article was from MARCH too... this one from SEATTLE TIMES is the same article as NYT

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.se...-green-race-to-power-electric-vehicles/?amp=1

Yahhh

Thanks for the links, Gypsy108.

See -- I'm not crazy, this is a goin' deal!

Attention CRVL folks: Looking for a high-paying temporary job? Hate cold weather? Have I got a deal for you

Johnny

OK I could read the article from Seattle. A lot of inaccuracies and information left out in the article. Highdesertranger

My grandson is a geologist for the Army Corps of Engineers.... want me to ask him anything?

Have him read the article and see what he says. Highdesertranger

I just text him with the link...

Note that the NV site is in the same general area as Empire of "Nomadland" fame.

A future Fern may leave the area in a van when the lithium runs out.

If there were to be a boom, it would probably happen in towns that already have infrastructure, like Calipatria and Brawley, or Indio, Coachella and Mecca.

Besides, gentrification types rarely want to live right next to industry or resource extraction operations. Too much dirt and pollution.