| | OCTOBER 20228IN MY OPINIONHEFTY GAS PRICES ARE JUST A SYMPTOM OF A GREATER THREAT TO OUR ECONOMY AND NATIONAL SECURITY Things just got real. Oil prices are the highest in 10 years. In some areas, the cost of a tank of gas has doubled. EV demand has exploded, with some waiting lists extending a year or longer. But few people realize that the U.S. and Canada don't have adequate domestic supplies of the lithium needed to power those EVs or many of the other devices we use daily. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has even declared that having an ample domestic lithium supply is critical to the U.S. economy and national defense system. Is now the time to trust our future to other countries? Lithium is an element found in trace amounts in rocks as well as brine taken from underground pools. While By Stephen Hanson, President and CEO, ACME Lithium Stephen Hanson
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