Great summary sir! Simple, Fast, clean, non toxic, cheaper, way cheaper, years sooner, could be started up in months not years. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
FALSE! The average time to open a mine in the US from discovery to production is 18 YEARS. YEARS.
The required State and Federal environmental studies alone take about 5 years and tens of millions of dollars, and that is before any court cases or unexpected challenges to anything they studies uncover.
Here is a real example from a proposed Nevada lithium mine.
This is why it takes 18 YEARS and hundreds of millions of dollars to bring a mine into production. This company is already in year 11 on their lithium project, not counting the decades of prior exploration.