John Bickley

Is the Democratic Party coalescing behind him there?

And why isn't this seen as a major risk?

Clearly, the Democrats very desperate to gain control again of the Senate.

And we're seeing that really play out in these campaigns.

Ben, thanks for coming on.

The U.S.

Geological Survey has announced a potentially game-changing discovery in Appalachia, 2.3 million metric tons of lithium, a large enough deposit to last the U.S.

for three centuries.

With lithium now crucial to most of our electronic devices, the discovery could disrupt China's near-monopoly on the lithium supply chain.

Joining us now is Dan Turner, founder and executive director of Power the Future.

Dan, thanks for coming on.

So we just had this major announcement about this massive lithium deposit found in Appalachia, enough to replace more than 300 years worth of imports.

What can you tell us about this discovery?

Yeah, and I don't think a lot of people know that, that Australian mines are actually communist China-owned.

This is a very exciting, you know, announcement from a resource independence standpoint.

What would it take to get to the point where we're reliably using this lithium in domestic production flows?

So right now, we have a very production and energy-friendly administration.

If we do end up under a democratic administration next, would you see that putting up roadblocks?

Yeah, to put an even finer point on this, is it too far to say that communist Chinese actors will be very much involved in working against this operation?

And no doubt we'll be seeing that messaging battle heating up very soon.