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Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tension

  • Written by Mario Orospe Hernández, Ph.D. Candidate in Religious Studies, Arizona State University
Raw materials, or sacred beings? Lithium extraction puts two worldviews into tensionA salt pyramid in Uyuni, Bolivia. The rainy season produces a mirror effect in the salt flat.Mario Orospe Hernandez, CC BY-NC-ND

Located in the heart of South America, Bolivia contains the largest lithium deposits in the world – an enviable position, in many countries’ eyes, as the market for electric vehicles takes off. Though EVs emit...

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