The Most Valuable Plot Of Land In America

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8 ай бұрын

The McDermitt Caldera is a 28 by 22-mile wide area that spans across northern Nevada and southern Oregon. A recent discovery could make it the most important plot of land in the country. And with value comes conflict.
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@gshak33 17 күн бұрын

The mineral may have changed but the cycle (and end result) is always the same: Mineral deposits found > Companies swarm to secure rights > They set up operations > Community booms for 30-50 years > Mineral deposits are depleted > Company packs up shop and leaves > Community economy collapses and area is left polluted by chemicals from mining

@Lex1uth3r 15 күн бұрын

You forgot: site declared superfund, company creates shell company to take responsibility of cleanup, shell company declares bankruptcy, taxpayers pay for cleanup

@TCREGAN1 13 күн бұрын

YEP!

@edwardnull5447 11 күн бұрын

B.S. companys spend big money to reclaim the land after mining is complete. You need to update your brain.

@antonbruce1241 11 күн бұрын

Okay, so...how do you suggest the world get the lithium necessary for all the batteries needed to store electricity? Just get it from China?

@touchofgrey5372 9 күн бұрын

@@antonbruce1241 It's not that they're against the lithium; they are against the WAY they're going about getting it out of the ground! Also, whenever a Chinese company is involved, it is already a lose-lose situation for the locals and the state!

@ylette 4 ай бұрын

$1.5 trillion? Wow, that could finance the federal deficit for 150 days.

@arnoldbioursckii6639 Ай бұрын

If it’s lithium call it lithium…a brief presentation don’t got time for stupid misleading nicknames. It is not white gold. In any serious scientific sense. White gold is white gold.

@ILikePi31415926535 Ай бұрын

Tell me you don't understand economics without telling me you don't understand economics

@mikewolfson2988 Ай бұрын

@@arnoldbioursckii6639DO YOU VOTE BLUE??????

@DistrustHumanz Ай бұрын

@@ILikePi31415926535 It was a joke, and a good one at that.

@deanchynoweth4373 Ай бұрын

That's pretty good compared in size to the rest of the country.

@B30pt87 4 ай бұрын

"I'd hate for us to grow to the point where we're like, a major city. Like Reno." That cracked me up.

@meganegan5992 4 ай бұрын

Reno is the Biggest Little City in the World! Second Largest in the State of Nevada! Show some respect towards greatest gambling hub in Nevada! I am a UNR EE graduate, so this is near and dear to my heart!

@cathynewyork7918 3 ай бұрын

@@meganegan5992 I have been in Reno - but I live in New York City. Now THIS is a big city !!!!!!

@SCJO24 3 ай бұрын

yeah hes gotta go!

@jackaitken5306 3 ай бұрын

This is why we like mayor Stone

@WesternAdvisors 3 ай бұрын

@@SCJO24 Why he has to stay...

@admiralgamers7181 3 ай бұрын

I grew up in Nevada. Anytime they say they secured funding for housing for mine growth they never finish the projects. They flatten land, put some materials out then pocket the money.

@kanenomoja 8 күн бұрын

Why am I not surprised.

@just_bright 8 күн бұрын

No offense to any tribal folk, but sacred land has lost its zing in the state of Nevada. I would quote a movie about throwing a dart anywhere and hitting some sacred burial site, but u know what I mean.

@darreno9874 8 ай бұрын

No Chinese company should have a stake in American land, minerals or farming

@danielgraham8559 6 ай бұрын

There is no Chinese company involved. Do some basic research.

@BillClinton936 4 ай бұрын

@@danielgraham8559lol it’s a Chinese company do YOUR research

@trevorcole6360 4 ай бұрын

they mention it multiple times..... @@danielgraham8559

@robertkendall2410 4 ай бұрын

In the 80s it was the secret Japanese plot to buy America. Howd😮 that work? No one out douches the douche.

@sheilamclaughlin963 2 ай бұрын

They have to watch closely or the Chinese will be in there

@cwr8618 6 ай бұрын

Why would we allow our biggest adversary to extract such an important mineral right out of our land???

@cheriesnakedancer3293 5 ай бұрын

greed n' greased palms. It's how the CCP gets everything "done".

@IIIIIlllllIIIIIlllllIIIII 10 күн бұрын

Cry about it, nerd

@kanenomoja 8 күн бұрын

10% for the Big Guy.

@judykoudssi9850 7 күн бұрын

Good question!

@iVETAnsolini 7 күн бұрын

Money

@AG86666 8 күн бұрын

No foreign country should own American land. Period

@mab102599 5 ай бұрын

Hey, that’s my photo on the sign at 0:57! My wife and I own the Lovelock Portrait Studio of Winnemucca! Very informative video!

@Lilbot420 4 ай бұрын

Hell yea i drive thru all the time and actually have stopped at ur shop a couple times lol

@M-dv1yj 4 ай бұрын

@@Lilbot420I have no relation to any of this. But the vibe is good❤. Hope y’all doing well

@Bfould3120 4 ай бұрын

That’s a great lighting photo. Notice you’re also a rail fan. My boys are too. 👏

@mab102599 4 ай бұрын

@@Bfould3120 thank you 🙏! It was taken over by the Lazy P Farm, and has been featured numerous places now! I truly consider it to be one of my best to date! And yes, I am also a railfan! I have a video of the Loram rail grinder going from Winnemucca to Rye Patch a couple weeks ago that I need to get uploaded!

@cathynewyork7918 3 ай бұрын

That is a beautiful photo!

@ron.v 7 ай бұрын

Winnemucca should discuss their problem with cities in Alaska's north slope to find out how Alaska dealt with similar problems during peak oil production. Doing so could help them avoid mistakes that Alaskans may have made.

@seanwatts8342 7 ай бұрын

"Problems" such as money and jobs...

@ron.v 7 ай бұрын

@@seanwatts8342 Right. The problems happen when the locals and state gov't don't plan. By planning ahead (with help from those who've been through it before), they can get the jobs and all the benefits like Alaska did. They'll need help from state government. Hopefully they have smart (not greedy) state government who will do all they can to benefit the locals. The money (i.e. tax credits) and jobs (locals first) come only when laws require or allow them. Companies don't voluntarily do what benefits the locals. They're in it to make the most profit. That's fine for the investors but the owners of the local lands deserve the benefits before anyone else. That's the way Alaska did it and, for years, Alaskans paid no state tax at all and got the good jobs.

@LittleRayOfSnshine69 7 ай бұрын

The prime mistake that was made was approving the projects to begin with.

@chucklesthered2338 6 ай бұрын

@@LittleRayOfSnshine69 Crazy comment.

@mattypender2910 6 ай бұрын

You ever do work up there? I see the job posting for electricians. Not sure if it’s worth all the cons

@Mike-zw7fq 8 ай бұрын

Sounds like a Chinese company with an American front company.

@jhonnyperez8705 4 ай бұрын

Hopefully not

@YNG_PIG 4 ай бұрын

lol

@matthewbolton4289 4 ай бұрын

Exactly what it is

@matthewbolton4289 4 ай бұрын

Hillary clinton sold the mining rights. It was huge news around here they kept quiet

@ZucIsCuk 4 ай бұрын

It is.

@madsciencegary3830 4 ай бұрын

Lithium prices dropped 90% from last year. Looks like Chinese decided keeping us from producing our own was worth more than getting higher prices now.

@dielawn212 4 ай бұрын

Or it is easy to find.

@OFFGRID_Trucker 4 ай бұрын

It wouldn't be like that If TRUMP were in the president seat. That biden needs to goto a rest home. His mental state of mind is just not there.

@David-fj5lz 4 ай бұрын

Biden is getting his % out over this!!

@mcfly7 4 ай бұрын

@@OFFGRID_Trucker Stop eating big mac's and wake up!

@edwing72 4 ай бұрын

@@OFFGRID_Trucker Let the Chinese mine for us, less pollution on our beautiful country and cheaper materials..

@pkiser99 5 ай бұрын

On a trip to the oil fields in the Dakotas, I learned about the fatal flaw in the rapid development of natural resources. The problem is that the income generated for the local and state governments is considered temporary even if it is expected to last for decades. This means that the funding for growth is done in the form of grants and short-term funding. This means there will be funding for things but not for people. In other words, police vehicles will be funded, but law enforcement officers will receive little or no funding. It creates a situation that destroys the quality of living for residents.

@AB-gc3mr 4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately no one cares. Not being a D but that is the reality.

@daveh9803 4 ай бұрын

The growth is generally taxed, to provide the long term part of the “people” element you describe. Short term funding is short because it’s believed that taxation will fill the need gap. Sadly, it rarely works out that way, because much of those critically important funds are siphoned off by improper diversion to other projects. Political corruption also steals a significant chunk, especially because most politicians don’t focus on anything beyond their potential next election term.

@finnandy1 4 ай бұрын

This is wildly untrue. I work in Watford North Dakota and the taxes they collect are mind blowing. Roads, schools, event centers; all new and extravagant. Infrastructure has been greatly improved for local residents. Please stop spewing this non sense. North Dakota is extracting over 1.1 millon barrels a day. You don't have to be good at math to understand what kind of tax revenue is generated there.

@bvbxiong5791 4 ай бұрын

it really is up to the local municipals to make or break this windfall. if they don't have a long term plan for the increased taxes that will roll in, yea the money will dry up. but if they are looking economically forward and work with investors, they will secure a bright future for themselves.

@Mike-jv8bv 4 ай бұрын

so you mean to tell me that this whole green new deal is a giant ponzi scheme and scam? who would of known.

@Wells306 8 ай бұрын

What a deal! I'll take two! Unfortunately, I don't think lithium is a wise long-term investment given its toxicity and difficulty for recycling. It's my impression too many people see lithium as a technology quick-fix without the awareness of its environmental footprint and long-term issues it will likely present in the next few decades. Advancements in sodium ion and graphene would (ideally) yield better alternatives.

@fjalics 8 ай бұрын

What toxicity? I think you are confused. Lithium is used to treat certain mental disorders.

@Wells306 8 ай бұрын

@@fjalicswe’re talking about lithium ion batteries….Would you prefer Li+, instead? 🤦🏻‍♂️

@bobmorgan1575 8 ай бұрын

@@fjalics Yes in milligram doses. Lithium batteries for EV contain POUNDS of lithium metal. Iron, a required element for hemoglobin in small quantities is toxic to the human body in excess.

@ricky4673 8 ай бұрын

Also the fact that new battery technologies are a gatantee. We will find something comproble or better.

@ryanbosak2944 8 ай бұрын

@@fjalicslithium yes is toxic many medications are toxic.

@tommypitcock9928 8 ай бұрын

I grew up in the oil fields of Oklahoma and you can easily find the effects of fast money and greed .now look at what is left there. If the towns want to see 10 years in the future just look at the coal mines and all of the small towns that turned in to ghost towns because of the toxic waste.

@joeontko2186 8 ай бұрын

100%

@skutchBlobaum 8 ай бұрын

@@eyedentity66 "green" is code for the new label on the same bottle.

@user-fy6rr6sz2n 8 ай бұрын

Indeed

@user-fc2xg5iz7y 7 ай бұрын

There are large mines already surrounding these towns. They know what's in the future.

@terryt2728 7 ай бұрын

Speaking as someone that lives in coal country no one leaves because of the "toxic pollution". I have never heard someone say they are moving for that reason. No jobs..sure.

@bryce6870 4 ай бұрын

Very informative well put together. Enjoyed watching!

@telandjen 3 ай бұрын

Great vid dude. Ive been following these developments for a while, but this was super helpful for context and overview

@robj2704 8 ай бұрын

There was a time when 'off the grid' meant no electricity. Apparently, now it means no cellphone service.

@scottdorsey8220 8 ай бұрын

Less passive surveillance which most of the World will suffer with.

@onmyworkbench7000 7 ай бұрын

I have T-mobile so apparently I have been *_OFF THE GRID FOR YEARS!!!_*

@ChopperChad 7 ай бұрын

Jeez. So pedantic. You know what he means.

@bamwa 6 ай бұрын

it also means no city water or wastewater. Home Power was a magazine dedicated to off grid renewable living.

@minimum_reflex 6 ай бұрын

@@bamwaanybody who lives 15 minutes outside a town has a well and their own septic

@pearldiver7 8 ай бұрын

It's actually not a recent discovery. The initial mineral exploration of the site was done in the 60's or 70's when energy prospecting for Uranium recognized the lithium deposit as what at the time was considered an interesting but non-focus by-product.

@sichere 8 ай бұрын

At last someone who knows about surveying - Most of the US has been surveyed as has much of the worlds surface and even under the sea..

@ricky4673 7 ай бұрын

The discovery was the tech to mine it since it is clay.

@pearldiver7 7 ай бұрын

That’s correct. The research to find a commercial way to process the clay-based lithium has gone through a couple iterations. The one finally chosen by LAC is a well established one used widely in minerals processing, so unlikely to pose any risk of failure in the production

@pearldiver7 7 ай бұрын

@sifridbassoon 4 ай бұрын

My brother lives in Midland TX, and over the last decades, he has described the problems resulting from the move to fracking in the oil fields. Cost of living increases. Lack of housing. Lack of teachers, police, firepersonnel. Infrastructure degredation (mostly highways).

@celiajenks9885 3 ай бұрын

I suppose the 15M+ illegals that Biden let in to vote in the 2024 election has nothing to do with the population increase cost of living homelessness lack of resources ect. Letting in 15k a day for 4yrs and giving them free everything for 5yrs isn't sustainable. If you want to dispute that go to DHS and read everything they are giving illegals for 5yrs while citizens go without

@reggie2334able 2 ай бұрын

And Oregon says hold my beer!!!!

@hexadecimal5236 2 ай бұрын

That's the fault of the politicians not taxing the businesses in order to provide those services and infrastructure.

@etiennedegaulle3817 26 күн бұрын

At least he lives in Midland and not Odessa.

@don5062 22 күн бұрын

Southern Colorado land is really cheap but a lot of the water sources seem to be poisoned with high concentrations of methane resulting from fracking. Dude's pump house blew up, yo.

@TheAndrewsharkey 4 ай бұрын

Great reporting! And great video, well done brother, I enjoyed that.

@AdventuringwiththeS.G.O.C.C 8 ай бұрын

I lived in Winnimucca at one time. As well as McDermitt. I redid the "White Horse saloon" that straddles the Oregon/Nevada line in McDermitt. Most of that area is home to the Paute inian nation. I remember we visited an abandoned mine in McDermitt at one time. LOTS of open country. Also of note is that the largest aquifer in north America is the Lahontan aquifer, part of the Lahontin sink. There are great deal of geographic things going on in that area.

@joeontko2186 8 ай бұрын

Yeah which should be polluted in no time

@lorenjackson8961 8 ай бұрын

The largest Aquifer in the United States is actually the Ogallala Aquifer in the central part of the country...not the Lahontan one.

@dokkaner5934 8 ай бұрын

@@lorenjackson8961 now that sounds about right, the largest aquifer being in the western portion of the country that's pretty much an arid/semi arid desert (the pnw being the exception) didn't set right with me.

@sedg03 7 ай бұрын

@@lorenjackson8961 and ALL the clean water from the Aquifers are supposed to be GONE in 33 years. LDS #DEZNAT has moved there en masse, to grab control of the water. By owning the judges. ;(

@mwhitelaw8569 7 ай бұрын

@lorenjackson8961 Yeah Like from north dakota to Texas big

@fudhater8592 8 ай бұрын

I think it's too early to call this the lithium age as there are a ton of alternative battery chemistries being researched

@jim9930 8 ай бұрын

The end of the church age happened in 1988. The end of the age of grace happened on May 21, 2011 { you were warned }! 'The fullness of the gentiles be come in ' (God's elect) and the door to heaven was shut on the 17th day of the second month, 7000 years to the very day after the door to Noah's ark was shut in 4990BC. Judgement day on the world also began on May 21, 2011. And it shall come to pass in that day, a great tumult from the Lord shall be among them; and they shall lay hold every one on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor. Zec 14;13 Tumult = disbelief & confusion Division is the result for the destruction of mankind. Have you read the news lately? It is every nation and religion, politics, economics, sciences, sports, entertainment, even between the sexes. Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; Pr 1; 24-26 Fear, and the pit, and the snare are upon thee O inhabitant of the earth. Isaiah 24;17 Lithium or any other battery tech is the least of mankind's problems. ...should have READ THE BOOK! spoiler alert: 2033 = 'last day' curious? look up Ebiblefellowship

@mustang8206 4 ай бұрын

I think Computer Age is the best term to describe this era

@fudhater8592 4 ай бұрын

@@mustang8206 I'd go with "disinformation age"

@WeylandLabs 5 ай бұрын

As an expert in sustainability and energy, and a resident of nevada/ ex employee of tesla panasonics, giga-Factory i made the cathode on all 2070 and 2080 batteries. lithium is not even the majority of an efficient ev battery, let alone used for a storage the cell degradation rate is too fast.

@Kevin-yn7ju 4 ай бұрын

I drive boise to sac very often and frequent this area. Seen that road sign protest a bunch of times, didn't think much about it. Thanks for the video!

@terratrodder 8 ай бұрын

I've rode my motorcycle through this area for years and it will be interesting to see how this changes over time as this project evolves. I'm all for change if necessary but it's sure a bummer to watch small towns get consumed with new growth. It's more irritating that China already has it's fingers in the pot!

@IO-zz2xy 8 ай бұрын

It is outrageous that they were given rights to mine in the first place. Rediculous that they can mine it in US then sell it back to US at extortionate prices, not to mention that they can leaverage huge concessions from your corrupt government. FJB Regards from South Africa

@jayrowe6473 8 ай бұрын

@@IO-zz2xy Thanks democrats.

@skutchBlobaum 8 ай бұрын

China has smarter leaders than we do.

@bonacker9762 8 ай бұрын

Yeah total bull shit. Time to send China Packing and cancell all contracts with that country

@tonjaallen4369 8 ай бұрын

Vote Trump. He won't be as accommodating to China's interest.

@raymondpeters9186 8 ай бұрын

If you want affordable housing Pumicecrete is by far the best building material on the planet Pumicecrete is a mixture of pumice cement and water mixed and poured into a set of reusable forms walls are poured from 12"to 24" thick pumicecrete is fireproof termite proof rust rot and mold proof and has a high R value and good sound attenuation solid poured walls means no critters can live in your walls Pumicecrete can be built for a fraction of the cost and time and pumice is one of the few building materials that can go directly from the mine to the job site ready to use without any additional possessing and zero waste Take care Ray

@Potent_Techmology 8 күн бұрын

sounds great, but a big problem with concrete is the need for rebar which will rust over time, and the type of sand it needs is finite and hard to source/move

@raymondpeters9186 8 күн бұрын

@@Potent_TechmologyI use basat rebsr and my mix doesn't use sand Pumice cement and water

@Potent_Techmology 8 күн бұрын

@@raymondpeters9186 the cement doesn't use sand? what is basat rebar?

@raymondpeters9186 8 күн бұрын

Sorry Basalt rebar It's not cement it's pumicecrete a mixture of pumice cement and water 😮

@raymondpeters9186 8 күн бұрын

@@Potent_TechmologyGoogle all the walls of my house are made of pumicecrete

@TenThumbsProductions 4 ай бұрын

Driving down a two lane paved road “we are off the grid!” 😂

@karenzak6627 4 ай бұрын

Thank you, great presentation, very informative (and a little scary for those living in the area!)!

@rashodmasters4299 8 ай бұрын

Nice vid! Thanks for explaining the process leading up to why its so valuable

@MrDhalli6500 8 ай бұрын

When I was in Afghanistan Starts and Stripes news paper had a two full pages of the USGS survey done and estimated over a trillion dollars of Lithium and other precious gems in Afghanistan alone. The end of the article said Afghanistan could be the next Saudi Arabia of lithium the reserves are that large. and there's no EPA or pesky regulations to worry about.

@easypeasy2938 8 ай бұрын

The problem revolves around the fact that worldwide open trade seems to be going away in the not too distant future. If we are to continue down the "green" path, we need to source critical strategic minerals domestically or with strong allies, with whom trade routes can be more easily protected. Nothing about Afghanistan is easy.

@user-fy6rr6sz2n 8 ай бұрын

Regulation worries no, war yes

@mwest3583 8 ай бұрын

Too bad it's got a population content to live in the dark ages.

@andyiswonderful 8 ай бұрын

Just a lot of people who hate America.

@krwd 7 ай бұрын

sadly, due to bidumb again, the chinese will only be too happy to take it

@JB-eg1tb 3 күн бұрын

Subscribed! Thanks for this.

@RyanLynch1 5 ай бұрын

love the real good journalism you guys are doing on this channel now

@luciea5198 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Very informative…loved it! Way to go!

@daniw5308 8 ай бұрын

Great report… only negative on the report - It’s Ne- vaaa- da. Not ne-vah- dah.

@Iamanevilpotato 8 ай бұрын

Saved me the trouble. Fallon, NV says, “Hello.”

@nicholelynch6024 4 ай бұрын

Thank you! Finally someone mentioned it, unless the reporter is from the east coast than I’d give them a pass.

@ActiveTravelWestUSA 3 ай бұрын

This is the only topic that so NV has in common with north NV. If we didn’t have this I would say we give Vegas to Los Angeles! Smile

@user-xq1wz3tp5z 3 ай бұрын

Excellent reporting, thanks.

@richardvernick4280 11 күн бұрын

Thank you. For showing us the assortment of failures across the county and the many engineering challenges that stand out there in the United States.

@VoluptuousB 8 ай бұрын

I understand the mayor’s distress because I used to live in an area that was left relatively to itself until people from out-of-state arrived to make their homes there.

@cwr8618 6 ай бұрын

Has your entire lineage been in the same spot since humans began existing?

@VoluptuousB 6 ай бұрын

@@cwr8618 lol no but when you’re used to living one way, it feels overwhelming.

@cwr8618 6 ай бұрын

@@VoluptuousB I can imagine. Politics and the news cycle are accelerating change

@kevincinnamontoast3669 4 ай бұрын

"Can feel overwhelming." Get your FEELINGS under control. You can't live a life if others overwhelm you by living how they wish.

@LiberRaider 4 ай бұрын

Dude, chill. Commenter is expressing a feeling. Not being overwhelmed by it or even saying its wrong. Not everything has to be an internet battle.@kevincinnamontoast3669

@JT.526 8 ай бұрын

Lithium is definitely not the main ingredient in lithium batteries, it's about 10% at best. Honestly, lithium will rise for the time being, but most likely start to tank as newer battery technologies come online in mass scale. It's definitely a heavily needed resource in large quantities, but I wouldn't say this is the "lithium age." If anything cobalt will be a bigger driving factor than lithium due to its scarcity in comparison to lithium. Great video though and very informative!

@adrianthoroughgood1191 7 ай бұрын

LFP batteries are taking over from NMC batteries. LFP need no cobalt and are only limited by the lithium supply as the other ingredients are more readily available.

@TheAnnoyingBoss 4 ай бұрын

We need it for the good cell phone batteries.

@CornelliusTiberious 4 ай бұрын

Exactly correct.

@lindamcdermott2205 16 күн бұрын

I commend you on a well researched and presented film. Great visual aids w maps and drawings and geological information. Best on you tube!

@nahteo 4 ай бұрын

North out of Winnemucca into Oregon is some of the most desolate and remote land I've ever been to. And I've been everywhere, man.

@FYMASMD 4 ай бұрын

Steens mountain is incredible

@feroldonalson5252 4 ай бұрын

We like it.

@joemillard787 4 ай бұрын

Whole lot of nothing on that dusty road.

@Idahoguy10157 4 ай бұрын

The best high desert views I’ve ever enjoyed are off highway 95 between Winnemucca and McDermott, NV

@torreyintahoe 4 ай бұрын

@@joemillard787 That's an ignorant viewpoint.

@treasurebound 7 ай бұрын

Wow, well done on the geologic explanation and covering all aspects of the new lithium boom in that area. If you drive US Route 95 at night through that area, you can see the lights of all the drill rigs working 24/7, exploring for lithium. Great Video!

@lisadoes 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for this. Very informative introduction to the subject. I appreciate touching on different viewpoints.

@stronzer59 12 күн бұрын

$1.5T dollars would buy a whole street of dumps and shacks in Sydney Australia, not much else

@andrewhakomakigranger 4 ай бұрын

Well researched! Thank you

@louisevad6091 8 ай бұрын

Destroy our planet because of money

@nostromo7928 4 ай бұрын

I had to scroll a long way to find your comment and to me that is so sad. Will we ever learn?

@ronaldmcdonald3965 8 ай бұрын

Nice reporting. I stayed in Winnemucca 5 years ago "Where it is still 1966, and will always be 1966". Hmm...Lithium might change that.

@nicholelynch6024 4 ай бұрын

You must have not gotten out much then. Moved here 16 years ago from southern ca and while we like the small town slow down type mentality it’s definitely not 1966.

@TheMrBrendo 6 ай бұрын

this is a great series, keep it up!

@mixflip Ай бұрын

Reno - major city? Yes in the context of the state of Nevada folks. There are only 2 cities in Nevada that have a university, a hospital with a trauma center, an international airport, an FBI field office, a federal court house, and a stadium oh and multiple walmarts, costco and sams club....thats Las Vegas and Reno. Everything else is small town.

@carlshowalter9629 11 күн бұрын

It's great isn't it. A lot less morons too.

@miketurcotte7477 8 ай бұрын

Great piece of recording, very informative and well produced. Learned a lot from this piece.

@byrons1339 7 ай бұрын

Ditto that !!!

@michaelbricker1856 7 ай бұрын

It’s so crazy to see my hometown on youtube, great video! This development of the mine has been pretty controversial in recent years, mainly due to either environmental concerns or tribal concerns with our Paiute tribe. Our mayor mentioned something that I think a lot of locals in Winnemucca worry about, it’s gonna make our town grow. Which our town is and has already been growing because of gold mines, but there seems to be a general consensus of keeping our town rather small. We only have a population of about 7000-10000. He even mentioned Reno, which when my grandpa was young, it was 3x+ the size smaller than it is now! So I’m curious of how it’s going to change Winnemucca, kind of worrying to think about haha.

@Cwra1smith 7 ай бұрын

Well, Reno has been a landing place for transplanted Californians for decades. Now you have all the industry sprouting up and it's getting larger and more expensive to live there.

@stefanschleps8758 7 ай бұрын

Good luck.

@tiasara5967 7 ай бұрын

I really hope somehow it works out for the locals and natives. (Yeah l know how crazy that sounds)🙁

@gus473 7 ай бұрын

Take a before-and-after look at Williston, North Dakota, which boomed with serious development (then slowdown) of the Bakken shale oil fields. It'll be a real change, some opportunities, and lots to keep an eye on! 😎✌️

@jamesmoriarty5608 7 ай бұрын

every city in the US will continue to grow over the next ten years as a whole. It will have ups and downs but population growth is everywhere and there are no houses left with the way things are. People are moving out of cities to smaller towns everywhere now and the cities continue to grow. Its not whether the town will grow, its how fast will it grow. So many everyone just doesnt want to see fast growth.

@supermpc 4 ай бұрын

Nice job, very informative

@8731Cordova 7 күн бұрын

Thanks for the knowledge 👍

@AhJodie 8 ай бұрын

Nevada already has bad water from mining with things like uranium and arsenic, I would hate to see it get worse! That area could seem out in the middle of nowhere, but it is also beautiful. Thank you for this video.

@Cwra1smith 7 ай бұрын

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The greenies want the lithium and they are going to get it.

@weirdshibainu 7 ай бұрын

@@Cwra1smith Not necessarily

@nickroth593 7 ай бұрын

They will destroy anything in their path for money

@weirdshibainu 7 ай бұрын

Another seldom mentioned aspect is that very little of the mineral wealth will actually go back to Nevada and its residents. Indigenous people will get virtually nothing.

@Cwra1smith 7 ай бұрын

There is no "seem". It is out in the middle of nowhere just like Yucca Flats, which Harry Reid stopped from being utilized even though it is the best storage place for nuclear waste in the world.

@mikiewifnoe360 8 ай бұрын

Why is it that those who report on things in Nevada never pronounce the word Nevada correctly?

@nahteo 4 ай бұрын

IKR!? You only have to talk to one local to learn how to say it lol

@bizygirl1 13 күн бұрын

Drives me crazy

@grumpygardner3059 4 ай бұрын

Winnemucca has history in mining already. Just North of the town there was a large mine which is (or has) closed and done the fine tuning to comply with EPA regs for restoration. Nevada itself is a mining state by nature.

@robertirwin135 4 ай бұрын

Great analysis

@adinrichter6034 8 ай бұрын

This is some top notch reporting, I really hope this channel gets the popularity it deserves

@polarbear128 8 ай бұрын

It took over 3 minutes for the first mention of the word lithium, though. Why does everything have to be so clickbaity these days? Get off my lawn!

@Doctor-by6jy 8 ай бұрын

@@polarbear128 I took note of that, too. Kept me here though.

@adinrichter6034 8 ай бұрын

That's a good point, but I'll take what I can get. It's not just an AI generated content farm, and it wasn't a lie. They're competing for views with text to speech bs and complete and utter lies, and also doing their own interviews instead of just recycling other people's footage. I can understand why they would reel you in a bit. @@polarbear128

@Normalb0y507_TTV_or_kick 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting… Keep it up! This is a good channel

@alexlazo7960 4 ай бұрын

Interesting how does this lithium mine compare to the one discovered by the salton sea in southern California? There was a lot of hype surrounding that mine as well.

@JR-kw3be 8 ай бұрын

I’m about to develop an alternative to lithium, so I guess the value will probably drop back to $0 before long

@user-lt5no1xt1z 8 ай бұрын

What is this alternative?

@user-fy6rr6sz2n 8 ай бұрын

Do you need funding?

@JR-kw3be 7 ай бұрын

@@user-fy6rr6sz2n yes please send you and your extended family’s life savings I should be able to 10x it in a matter of days

@jjs718 6 ай бұрын

lol.

@SeedFactoryProject 5 ай бұрын

I don't know who you are, but sodium-ion batteries are coming along nicely. Sodium makes up 1% of the world's oceans. Salt is sodium chloride, and there is a lot of salt in seawater. So there will never be material shortages for that battery type.

@ricki-bobby 8 ай бұрын

Just reference Williston ND to see where this might end up

@kameronh9100 6 ай бұрын

Williston is a great community. Some growing pains? Sure, but it has been overall very positive.

@doomnipple9846 5 ай бұрын

I just got a job with a land management agency in Winnemuca. It might be smart to buy a house if the town is going to boom with the new mine

@redmustangredmustang 4 ай бұрын

The same thing happened in California in the Salton Sea near Mexico. It's all about investing in the mining, processing, and getting that lithium out to use for EV batteries. That's the thing it takes time, money, facilities, and jobs. If done right, the area can be vastly improved with all those royalties.

@stuartcleary71 7 ай бұрын

Lithium is a gen 2 battery material, today research on gen 3, 4 & 5 materials. From easily accessible sodium to recycled plastics. Which may render lithium an outdated commodity before the mine enters full production.

@stacyhazelwood4033 4 ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing.

@taryntaryn9090 4 ай бұрын

For the lands sake I hope so.

@123chargeit 4 ай бұрын

They've been saying this for literally two decade and yet its still lithium batteries that are mass adopted. Just because they are researching them doesn't mean they will be economically viable. I can still remember how graphene was going to make lithium obsolete and low and behold its not economically feasible because of how hard it is to produce.

@CorePathway 4 ай бұрын

Nah, think of all of the extant infrastructure for lithium batteries - from giga-factories to each of the billions of cellphones and other devices.

@DNGR369 4 ай бұрын

@@123chargeitjust because something happened before doesn't mean it will keep happening for eternity. Lithium batteries showed up one day and so will the next one, rendering Lithium obsolete overnight.

@jameswest4819 8 ай бұрын

Actually, Elon Musk said that the batteries should be called Nickel Batteries instead of Lithium Batteries because they are composed of a much bigger proportion of Nickel...of which we have very little. There are some important Nickel deposits in Alaska that are just now being developed.

@patrickroers752 8 ай бұрын

Minnesota and Michigan got a lot as well

@muskokalad9567 8 ай бұрын

😂 mine in Sudbury, Ontario.

@marleymarl0 8 ай бұрын

You mean Graphite, graphite makes up the most of lithium ion batteries.

@dananorth895 8 ай бұрын

@@marleymarl0graphites abundent though. Metals have to be mined, processed etc.

@easypeasy2938 8 ай бұрын

@@marleymarl0 there are 5 critical minerals in EV production that that lithium, cobalt, manganese, nickel and graphite. The US imports a sizable chunk of all 5. If imports are disrupted, this could endanger "green technologies". If we desire to continue down the "green" path, we need to endeavor to reliably source these and other strategic minerals either domestically or with strong allies. Great paper on this : sgp.fas.org/crs/misc/R47227.pdf

@rainmanjr2007 12 күн бұрын

Great reporting. Winnemucca might become my next (and last) residential spot. I recently moved to CO Springs, from LV, and do not like it much.

@dmcarstensen 4 ай бұрын

From the revenue the municipalities receive from the lithium mining they could create a sovereign wealth fund to generate additional investment revenue through bond and stock ownership. That additional revenue could then be used to fund the creation of community land trusts in combination with limited equity cooperatives to create permanent affordable housing along with personal/collective home ownership. With an economic boom like this will come land and home slippers looking to capitalize on the limited supply of needed housing, without actually increasing the supply, and if the municipalities can prevent that through CLTs+LEQs it'll greatly alleviate additional costs onto their residents.

@explorewithme4707 8 ай бұрын

Whenever you went on a road trip to see my grandparents, we would stop and rest in Winnemucca. Going from Cali to Utah.

@CrackerFL 8 ай бұрын

The colbalt mine around St. Louis should be online by now. LOTS of colbalt to be mined there!

@user-nj5nf2cj1w 4 ай бұрын

Been in Nevada for 45 year, came for the Barite Boom in Battle Mountain, lived in Winnemucca a few time, nice town! Live through numerous Booms in Nevada, they come and they go, we will survive.

@rustywater3219 5 ай бұрын

For winnemucas growing pains, look at how suncor handles it up in the oil sands. They have people renting garages for the cost of an apartment, then when oil prices went down, there was a huge bust and people lost houses. Study their operation to learn from their mistakes.

@Mystik3eb 8 ай бұрын

Nice work! Keep doing investigative journalism like this, Morning Brew. It's not lost on me how fucked this is that we have to bowl over Natives yet again in our quest for environmental sustainability and combating climate change. Things are so messed up and complicated, and I hate that those who have already suffered the most continue to lose over and over and over again.

@bob_frazier 8 ай бұрын

Those tribes replaced those that came before them, and this is the only constant - change.

@RS-ls7mm 8 ай бұрын

When people start throwing around phrases like "sacred land" when its a wasteland you know its just a cash grab. Much easier to sue than work.

@tarawaukeri8928 8 ай бұрын

@@RS-ls7mmand if it's not a "cash grab" what is it then, theft?

@tarawaukeri8928 8 ай бұрын

@@bob_frazierthat's a point well worth discussion. At what point do you say, this is my home and you are not allowed to take any of it? Mind if the middle east infiltrates usa as they have done to indigenous?

@grandpagrandmajustkeepgoin4560 8 ай бұрын

@@RS-ls7mmI do not believe it’s a cash crab, it is once again theft of native land…

@gregsummerson6524 8 ай бұрын

You’ll have ghost towns from this too, they will be your tourist attraction of the future.

@nicholelynch6024 4 ай бұрын

These towns already live and die by gold, Lithium will only affect those moving in for it or a by product of it the rest will be just fine.

@talkicat8179 10 күн бұрын

Stopping farms from having water in Idaho for this right now, food shortages with food shortages on the rise. They need to slow down a bit and let this be less dramitic for all concerned.

@user-pq1jw8pt6k 5 ай бұрын

I did core dilling in the McDermitt caldera a little over a year ago. We were just north of the Oregon boarder. We drilled 15 holes between 300 and 600 feet in depth before hitting bedrock. Not being a geologist I couldn't say what we actually pulled out of the ground but i know we were looking for lithium.

@Duke1971 8 ай бұрын

Outstanding video. The reporter is articulate, concise, informative. Produce more videos like this! A winner.

@skutchBlobaum 8 ай бұрын

And got his facts straight from the government who NEVER lies to us.

@gary.richardson 7 ай бұрын

If the wells are carved in horizontal stages. Then the processed clay can be put back in to create watertight reservoirs that can boost water supply and feed pumped hydro storage in areas where no mining underneath is going to compromise stability.

@miketyler4536 7 ай бұрын

EXACTLY.... They wont, they don't care about water supplies. Utah is draining our reservoirs. This is literally a very deep discussion. I have been into this in Utah for the last nearly 4 years and what we uncovered are years of disgusting corruption.

@ActiveTravelWestUSA 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding thank you!

@travelingjohn69 18 күн бұрын

I drive through there all the time.....the winters are nasty. Many people are gonna just work in the spring and summer and a little bit of fall.

@jc2604 8 ай бұрын

I find it amazing that Morning Brew can take the time to do a video like this but not to learn how to pronounce Nevada.

@sanfranciscobay 7 ай бұрын

Are the 2 A's pronounced Cat or as in Cot? Is it Nuh-va (as in cat)-dah (as in cot) or Nuh-vah (as in cot) -dah (as in cot)?

@katehowe6018 7 ай бұрын

@@sanfranciscobay There is no H in Nevada...so cat wins

@sanfranciscobay 7 ай бұрын

@@katehowe6018 Are the 2 A's pronounced Cat or as in Cot? Is it Nuh-va (as in cat)-dah (as in cot) or Nuh-vah (as in cot) -dah (as in cot)?

@katehowe6018 7 ай бұрын

@@sanfranciscobay casual... Nuh-va(cat)-duh

@dvg84x 7 ай бұрын

We have a bumper sticker up here: It's NE-VA'-DUH...not NE-VAH-DUH (though the "cat" thing is pretty good, too!) For Nevadans, hearing NE-VAH-DUH is like hearing fingernails on a chalkboard!

@sprky777 8 ай бұрын

When I heard caldera, I was expecting geothermal energy. Perhaps they could combine the two for lithium refinement on site.

@sedg03 7 ай бұрын

Obama set up geo.thermal energy plant in Nev. Uses wholly owned technology from Israelis and then we buy the Energy from them. Zero footprint. Fascinating technology. It could prolly be co.produced a mining.

@crusincamry 4 ай бұрын

I love Winnemucca! My Mom's sister and her family lived there for many years and my Uncle worked at one of the gold mines. There's also a Tungsten mine near Winnemucca as well.

@jungojerry1658 4 ай бұрын

Been thru McDermitt a couple of times as an alternative route to and from Portland, OR and Winny, NV.

@wymple09 7 ай бұрын

Norway has just discovered a massive amount as well.

@banjomechanic 8 ай бұрын

I hate to see small towns go away too, but nothing stays the same forever. No here in America at least. I loved my little city in the South until it became a suburb of the nearest major city and it exploded into a traffic nightmare and crime went up and it got taken over by people from the coasts. The whole area is unrecognizable. Most people who had been living there forever left for small cities in Maine or Vermont. I went to Indiana. When you got something good be prepared for everybody to move into town so they can get some for themselves.

@wuodanstrasse5631 3 ай бұрын

Gentlemen: I am a retired physics professor from Stanford, and the statement of another man regarding the phasing out of a massively critical need for Lithium has already been accomplished. It shall still be needed but just not as all consuming.

@ActiveTravelWestUSA 3 ай бұрын

Hi, I have been part of the Stanford community since 1982. I am sad what has happened to Stanford, they went woke and the corruption is unbelievable. Never believed this can could occur. Anyhow just a symptom of the USA political environment. Left Palo Alto and we are happy living rural and building a new America first community based on the USA constitution.

@jwcinc12 4 ай бұрын

Nice, wasn't there an announcement of an untapped source in Wisconsin in the past month too?

@Acham98 8 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Thanks for the story

@jjshebanow 8 ай бұрын

Lithium is NOT the main component of a lithium-ion battery. Lithium is one of the main ingredients of the cathode in lithium-ion batteries. Those cathodes are composed primarily of lithium-cobalt oxide (LiCoO2), lithium-manganese oxide (LiMn2O4), lithium-iron phosphate (LiFePO4 or LFP), and lithium-nickel-manganes-cobalt oxide (LiNiMnCoO2 or NMC). The anodes are usually graphite, and the primary material is usually nickel. Nickel is the fifth most common element.

@raoulduke6464 4 ай бұрын

I hitchhiked highway 140 and 95 a few times back when I was doing farm work in Oregon about a decade ago. This part of the country has an underrated beauty I appreciate more every time I pass through. This was one of the last untouched places, I'm sorry for the people who hold this land in such deservedly high regard.

@joemillard787 4 ай бұрын

Ive been living and working as a geologist in Winnemucca for the past 5 years.

@williamjohnson2247 8 ай бұрын

Also useful for Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor (LFTR) as part of the carrying Fluid that transports around the reactor.

@adrianthoroughgood1191 7 ай бұрын

You also need lithium for fusion reactors as that's how you make the tritium.

@lindarocco9974 8 ай бұрын

Thank you, that was Interesting. The Salton Sea, East of San Diego, California has a lithium mining project planned to be starting soon. It will be drilling, on an angle, under the sea to reach the lithium. Do you know about that project?

@miketyler4536 7 ай бұрын

They are the same mining company drilling in Bolivia's Dead sea and Utah's Great Salt Lake and the Sevier River Valley and outside of Moab Utah. I found Bolivia's first and then traced it to the Salton Sea and then traced it to Utah and that is where I found the corruption. That company paid off Utah's local politicians to the tune of 40MM dollars to make up a drought lie to pump water to the GSL and drain our reservoirs. The Dead Seas actually have the highest grade Lithium because of the mud composite. So much more to this than we may ever know behind the political lies.

@chadstamps1943 4 ай бұрын

4:01 Oak Creek Trails...beautiful area!

@nv1493 4 ай бұрын

Good luck to Winnemucca, they're gonna need it.

@bassman853 8 ай бұрын

Worked and stayed in Winnemucca, liked just the way it was,good people also,Do not take advantage of the locals,again,good people!!

@byrons1339 7 ай бұрын

My brother-in-law is a corporate attorney here in Los Angeles and is working with one of these lithium companies doing biz in this region drawing up contracts etc. I'm not sure which company but I will see him on Turkey day and will recommend that he watch this video. Great info and well produce - Good Job !!!

@joshuapatrick682 6 күн бұрын

lithium eh. If you are going to mine it, why wouldn't you let a company or cooperative of the locals do it?

@andrew9360 3 ай бұрын

The representatives from the city have a practical, even-keeled view about the changes that would come to their town. Like "here's where it would help our town, but also here are the obstacles to growing a small town like this, in terms of housing, business, etc." That's way better than bristling at new families moving in and becoming hateful in an "us vs. them" kind of way.

@jonwarner1977 7 ай бұрын

I worked in Winnemucca for several years at the gold mines (Twin Creeks, Getchell, Florida Canyon, etc). This lithium boom won't really be all that much different. There will be "booms" and "busts" like always and people will come and go with the rising and falling fortunes of the commodities markets. Could actually be very good for Winnemucca and help balance the political structure of the state to counter the influx of those fleeing other high tax and less free states to the no state income tax haven of south Nevada. Should be rather interesting to see the demographics shift once again.

@miketyler4536 7 ай бұрын

Not necessarily free Utah and Nevada. The political Puppets are paid for shills!

@TheAnnoyingBoss 4 ай бұрын

Im still not buyin a tesla

@joemillard787 4 ай бұрын

I left twin creeks about 2 years ago!