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Nothing grows in the desert of Salar de Atacama, Chile. This is a dry place on the planet, and one of the most remote. But Tim McKenna, that the underground paradise. He calls it "the best place on earth."
McKenna's company produces lithium, a light in the world of metal. And lithium battery power in cell phones, BlackBerrys and laptops, which in turn power the world.
In Chile, the extraction process comes naturally: Melting snow from the Andes Mountains flows into the underground pools of salt water - or brine. What's the brine pumped. The network of ponds, desert sun evaporates from the other salts, leaving a lithium brine.
McKenna said: "VS basically does all the work."
The brine is treated to a white powder, lithium carbonate - a growing part of the energy future of the world. Two companies, one American, one Chilean, produce half the world's lithium salt basin in Chile.
The source for the battery, the demand for lithium to soar. This fall, Mercedes will sell the first lithium powered plug-in car. At least six carmakers planning their own models. The new Chevy Volt, expected to get 230 MPG from only a single charge.
In your cell phone or BlackBerry battery, lithium weight of one-tenth of an ounce. In the plug-in car, lithium ion battery that weighs 20 pounds. In 10 years, the price per pound of lithium tripled to $ 3, with only three large companies dominating the market in the world with a half dozen countries.
Chile, the largest supplier, was named "Saudi Arabia of lithium.
Energy analyst Ben Johnson said: "It looks very much like a cartel like OPEC. It is highly concentrated. Various manufacturers are very secretive about their expansion plans and their price movements."
Lithium producers deny. Consumers will wait and see. But it is not allowed in a developing science in the world of energy, lithium means power.
McKenna's company produces lithium, a light in the world of metal. And lithium battery power in cell phones, BlackBerrys and laptops, which in turn power the world.
In Chile, the extraction process comes naturally: Melting snow from the Andes Mountains flows into the underground pools of salt water - or brine. What's the brine pumped. The network of ponds, desert sun evaporates from the other salts, leaving a lithium brine.
McKenna said: "VS basically does all the work."
The brine is treated to a white powder, lithium carbonate - a growing part of the energy future of the world. Two companies, one American, one Chilean, produce half the world's lithium salt basin in Chile.
The source for the battery, the demand for lithium to soar. This fall, Mercedes will sell the first lithium powered plug-in car. At least six carmakers planning their own models. The new Chevy Volt, expected to get 230 MPG from only a single charge.
In your cell phone or BlackBerry battery, lithium weight of one-tenth of an ounce. In the plug-in car, lithium ion battery that weighs 20 pounds. In 10 years, the price per pound of lithium tripled to $ 3, with only three large companies dominating the market in the world with a half dozen countries.
Chile, the largest supplier, was named "Saudi Arabia of lithium.
Energy analyst Ben Johnson said: "It looks very much like a cartel like OPEC. It is highly concentrated. Various manufacturers are very secretive about their expansion plans and their price movements."
Lithium producers deny. Consumers will wait and see. But it is not allowed in a developing science in the world of energy, lithium means power.
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