Because lithium extraction such a tiny aspect of everything, and replacing a huge and evil oil industry that has terrible effects on everything is like comparing an apple to an F-150.
One is so clearly worse that its not even really worth debating. And that's why very often the 'but what about lithium effect on the environment' is often broad up by car and oil lobbyist to gaslight people. That is the reason the person got downvoted.
But if want to know, lithium mining is a worse basically like mining any other hard rocket, cooper or whatever. There are some issues with brine mining but they are minor and very localized. As with all mining there is issues with local representation.
One is so clearly worse that its not even really worth debating. And that's why very often the 'but what about lithium effect on the environment' is often broad up by car and oil lobbyist to gaslight people. That is the reason the person got downvoted.
But if want to know, lithium mining is a worse basically like mining any other hard rocket, cooper or whatever. There are some issues with brine mining but they are minor and very localized. As with all mining there is issues with local representation.