Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Deep in the Atacama, the lithium powering our clean-energy future is quietly draining the desert, and this video reveals the stakes—and the tech that could stop it.
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📚 Sources & References

Morning Brew video (McDermitt discussion)
youtube.com/watch?v=P7uWZKjvQNE

Economist — Battle for Supremacy in the Lithium Triangle
economist.com/the-americas/2017/06/15/a-battle-for-supremacy-in-the-lithium-triangle

Fundación SPA — Peine Community Overview
https://www.fundacionspa.cl/explorando-peine/

Hospedaje Pictografía — Peine Lodging
https://hospedajepictografia.cl/producto/habitacion-3/

Harvard International Review — Lithium Triangle Overview
https://hir.harvard.edu/lithium-triangle/

ScienceDirect — RCE Extraction Technology
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590238524004247

Stanford — New Technology for Lithium Extraction
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2024/08/new-technology-extracts-lithium-from-brines-inexpensively-and-sustainably