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closely controlling the lithium and keeping foreigners at bay. Adding to the pressure, indigenous groups here in the remote salt desert where the mineral lies are pushing for a share in the eventual bounty.</p> <p>“We know that Bolivia can become the Saudi Arabia of lithium,” said Francisco Quisbert, 64, the leader of Frutcas, a group of salt gatherers and quinoa farmers on the edge of Salar de Uyuni, the world’s largest salt flat. “We are poor, but we are not stupid peasants. The lithium may be Bolivia’s, but it is also our property.”</p></blockquote> <p>It’s times like these when I wonder when landfill mining will become en vogue.</p> <p>Hat-tip PCH. </p> <div class="social_bookmark"><em>Bookmark blog post on:</em><br/><a class="social_img" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,height=600,width=750,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no'); return false;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100314041907/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.aidg.org/component/option,com_jd-wp/Itemid,34/p,1442/&title=Link+of+the+Day+020409%3A+Electric+car+issues+-++%26%238220%3BBolivia+can+become+the+Saudi+Arabia+of+lithium%26%238221%3B+%5BNYTimes%5D" title="Add 'Link of the Day 020409: Electric car issues - “Bolivia can become the Saudi Arabia of lithium” [NYTimes]' to Del.icio.us"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20100314041907im_/http://www.aidg.org/components/com_jd-wp/wp-content/plugins/social_bookmarks/delicious.png" border="0" title="Add 'Link of the Day 020409: Electric car issues - “Bolivia can become the Saudi Arabia of lithium” [NYTimes]' to Del.icio.us" alt="Add 'Link of the Day 020409: Electric car issues - “Bolivia can become the Saudi Arabia of lithium” [NYTimes]' to Del.icio.us"/></a> <a class="social_img" onclick="window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,height=600,width=750,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no'); 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