La Revolucion: Will Bolivia acquiesce to US lithium needs?
The victims of America's next imperialistic conquest?
The key to US foreign oil independence?
Viva la revolucion!
Now that US interests, at least regarding energy, are becoming ever more intricately tied to countries like Bolivia and Chile – at least American countries – it seems ever more relevant to understand the important role these countries play in the future of the US.
And it doesn’t necessarily look good.
Already, Bolivia – the world’s lithium powerhouse – has been very reluctant to sign lithium deals with US-related companies, and the latest Copenhagen Climate Accord talks in Cancun seem to show that the US will have a far harder time manipulating South America for its energy needs compared to the Middle East.
In the end, money always seems to speak a little more loudly than noble intentions, but will South American countries like Bolivia put an end to that trend?
Regardless, the idea that the US can simply transform its inefficient auto industry from foreign oil dependence into an inefficient plugged-in auto industry based on foreign lithium dependence is, minimally, already showing cracks.
