Chamath Palihapitiya

It's not blue and red states.

It's not blue and red states.

These are nonprofits that get organized to create this kind of chaos.

These are nonprofits that get organized to create this kind of chaos.

I remember looking at

I remember looking at

a massive lithium investment in Nevada.

a massive lithium investment in Nevada.

And the whole point was to domesticate lithium production.

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.