Chamath Palihapitiya

And the whole point was to domesticate lithium production.

And what was interesting is this enormous deposit that's just sitting there ripe for development, right before they were about to get environmental approvals or right after, there was a lawsuit by people who wanted to protect the upper land grouse.

And what was interesting is this enormous deposit that's just sitting there ripe for development, right before they were about to get environmental approvals or right after, there was a lawsuit by people who wanted to protect the upper land grouse.

It's seared in my mind that the upper land grouse of Nevada is the reason why we do not have domestic national security around lithium.

It's seared in my mind that the upper land grouse of Nevada is the reason why we do not have domestic national security around lithium.

And you have to ask yourself, why is this possible?

And you have to ask yourself, why is this possible?

And it's possible because you have these environmental nonprofits that can go and create this chaos with absolutely no risk to them.

And it's possible because you have these environmental nonprofits that can go and create this chaos with absolutely no risk to them.

Zero.

Zero.

They can fundraise around it and they can create this chaos.

They can fundraise around it and they can create this chaos.

I mean, Nick, to this point, this is an example of Greenpeace.

I mean, Nick, to this point, this is an example of Greenpeace.

And specifically here, they were pushing back on an oil pipeline to such a degree and they created so much chaos that they were sued.

And specifically here, they were pushing back on an oil pipeline to such a degree and they created so much chaos that they were sued.

And a North Dakota judge just said that he's going to order Greenpeace to pay damages that should total almost $350 million in connection to those protests.

And a North Dakota judge just said that he's going to order Greenpeace to pay damages that should total almost $350 million in connection to those protests.

And it should not be the case that six people can slow down a $100 billion investment package.