We would at least be able to unplug from Middle Eastern oil, according to one of the sales pitches for electric cars and various clean energy projects. Instead, we are now reliant on the Saudis( who own 5 % of Tesla ) and, more importantly, on China, which sells us junk solar panels and rare earth metals to fuel the” clean” revolution of” green energy”( obtained through incredibly dirty mining processes that have destroyed lakes and poisoned entire villages ). In addition to all of this, the Taliban and Communist China will profit from every garbage electronic car that the lefties force down our throats in the name of their fake economic crisis because the United States failed to develop the lithium mines there and because Biden refuses to mine any at home. Fund Islamist terrorism and save the planet. Afghanistan was referred to as the” Saudi Arabia of lithium” in a memo written in 2010 by the Pentagon’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, which looked at its potential for development. Afghanistan” could be considered as the world’s recognized coming main source of lithium ,” according to a map published the following year by the U.S. Geological Survey that highlighted the size of the underwater wealth.
Paul A. Brinkley, a previous U.S. deputy undersecretary of defense who oversaw the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations until his departure in 2011 and the office’s dissolution, said that” in an alternate universe, our projects could have been generating meaningful employment and tax revenue within years that would provide an economic base and empower the Afghan people to govern themselves.”
Otherwise, in a world where lithium is merely in short supply, Brinkley said,” we’ll have Taiwanese companies mining lithium to feed the supply chain that will eventually sell it back to the West.”
According to Zhou Bo, a senior colonel in the People’s Liberation Army who is now an international security expert at Tsinghua University,” Afghanistan lacks an industrial base, but ] they have great mineral resources, and no Westerners can compete with the Chinese when it comes to building infrastructure and tolerating hardship.”
Shahabuddin Delawar, Afghanistan’s minister of mines and a senior Taliban leader, revealed to Washington Post journalists that only 24 hours earlier, Chinese company representatives had visited his office to present the specifics of an$ 10 billion bid, which included promises to construct alkali ore processing plants and battery factories in Afghanistan, improve long-forgotten mountain roads, and generate tenss thousands of local jobs.
The government would welcome American and also American bidders if sanctions were lifted, according to a commission of senior Taliban officials led by Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy prime minister for financial affairs. With the exception of providing charitable aid, all transactions with the Taliban are now prohibited by U.S. sanctions.
We’ve always said that the US could invest ok if it removes its soldiers and killing machines from Afghanistan. ” While there is a decline in the demand for oil, lithium demand is just increasing.” We have 2.5 million tons just in Nurestan. Afghanistan is one of the richest nations in the world if you take it out.
According to Henry Sanderson, executive editor of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the author of” Volt Rush: The Winners and Losers in the Race to Go Green ,” the world is anticipated to experience a lithium shortfall by 2030, when about 60 % of all cars in China, Europe, or the United States will be electric.
According to Sanderson,” China’s lithium industry is in a truly advantageous position because they control processing, have factories and battery materials, but if you don’t have raw materials to feed the industrial machine, the entire supply chain collapses.” ” That’s the reason they’re traveling to Afghanistan. I could list all the ways Biden has harmed us in Afghanistan, but I’d run out of time. They need to secure as far as they can. Only so you know, Al Qaeda is really in charge of Nurestan. Al Qaeda leaders have been appointed by the Taliban to important positions, including governors of complete provinces. The country of Nuristan, where 53 American soldiers repelled hundreds of Jihadis during the assault on Combat Outpost Keating and won two Medals of Honor and nine Silver Stars for the second-deadliest battle of the conflict, is then governed by Al Qaeda. Every electric vehicle you purchase will be used to support Al Qaeda, which is what Biden wants to impose on all of us by outlawing real vehicles.
The sales pitch for electric cars, and other green energy projects, was that we could unplug from Middle Eastern crude oil. But instead, we are dependent on China to supply us with junk solar panels and rare earth metals (obtained through incredibly dirty mining processes that have destroyed lakes and poisoned entire villages) to power the ‘clean’ revolution of ‘green energy. The lefties are trying to fund Islamic terrorism by forcing us to buy garbage electric cars.
“In a different universe, our projects would have generated meaningful employment and tax revenues within years, which would provide an economy base and empower Afghan people to govern themselves,” Paul A. Brinkley said, the former U.S. undersecretary for defense who headed the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations from its inception until his departure in 2011, when the office was disbanded.
Brinkley said that instead, “we will have Chinese companies mining the lithium to feed a chain of supply that will sell it back to Western countries, all in a time when there is simply not enough lithium.”
“Afghanistan does not have an industrial base but they do have a lot of mineral resources. No Westerners can compete with Chinese when it comes building infrastructure and tolerating hardship,” Zhou Bo said, a retired People’s Liberation Army colonel and international security expert now at Tsinghua University.
In a rare Washington Post interview, Shahabuddin Delawar – Afghanistan’s Minister of Mines and a senior Taliban Leader – told journalists that representatives of a Chinese firm had just been in his office 24 hours before, presenting details of a bid worth $10 billion. The bid included promises to build a battery factory in Afghanistan, upgrade mountain roads that have been neglected for years, and create tens thousands of jobs locally.
A commission of senior Taliban officials, led by Abdul Ghani Baradar the deputy prime minister for Economic Affairs, “will evaluate any good proposals that we receive.” The government, they added, would welcome Western bidders and even U.S. bidders, if sanctions were lifted. U.S. sanctions prohibit all transactions with Taliban, except for humanitarian aid.
“We have always said that if the United States took its soldiers and killing machine out of Afghanistan, they could also invest here,” said he. “The demand for petroleum is decreasing, but that for lithium is increasing.” Nurestan has 2.5 million tons. “If you extract it, Afghanistan could be the richest country in the world.”
Henry Sanderson, executive director of Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, and author of “Volt Rush”: The Winners & Losers in the Race for Green, predicts that the world will face a lithium shortage by 2030 when approximately 60 percent of cars in China, Europe, and the United States are electric.
Sanderson said that “China’s Lithium sector is in an enviable situation: They dominate processing, have the battery materials and factories but the whole supply chain will collapse if there is no raw material to feed industrial machines.” “That’s the reason they’re going to Afghanistan.” They need to secure everything they can.” I could list all the ways Biden has screwed up in Afghanistan but time is running out. Let’s just note that Al Qaeda controls Nurestan. The Taliban have appointed Al Qaeda leaders in key positions, including as governors of whole provinces. Al Qaeda now controls Nuristan where 53 American soldiers fought off hundreds of Jihadis in the assault on Combat Outpost Keating. This resulted in two Medals of Honor, nine Silver Stars, and the second-deadliest battle of the war.
