Mark Grasser <
[email protected]>wrote:
> I think the current resentment of "The Wealthy" can be summed up in a few
> words: "Lack of a fair wage" A lot of people would dispute that but my
> evidence would be to look at how the middle class in America has
> disappeared
> while the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
>
> I apologize as this is so far off topic but found it hard to stomach
> Collin's comments.
>
> Sincerely,
> Mark Grasser
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
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> Behalf
> Of Collin Kidder
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 9:48 AM
> To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Let's Make a Bolivian-Lithium-EV Deal
>
> Yes, quite a smart move to ask that EVs are produced locally thus giving
> their economy a boost. The country stands to make a great deal of money by
> selling lithium as well.
>
> As for the other part. I should hope that the profits will be enjoyed by a
> few rich men. Is not the goal of having some wealth to be able to get
> richer? That is, to be able to afford to invest in additional opportunities
> and thus create more wealth? I don't mean to sound cold but it's rich
> people
> who will invest the money to get lithium mines built. Rich men who will pay
> for the refinement of the ore, etc. Who do you expect to profit from that?
> Me? You? A Bolivian farmer? It's greed (the desire for more) that drives
> business. Never kid yourself into thinking any differently. Very few people
> go into business to do charity. They do it to make money. Of course, these
> same business people running these supposed shameful profit centers will
> also be presumably paying taxes and paying people to do work so I think the
> economy will see plenty of benefit.
>
> On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 9:06 AM, Roger Heuckeroth
> <
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>
> > Wow! That's smart on Bolivia's part. That could transform their
> > poor country into a "Saudi Arabia" of the future. Unfortunately, the
> > profits will probably by hoarded by a few rich men and the population
> > will remain poor. Greed knows no bounds or shame.
> >
> > On Mar 3, 2011, at 5:18 AM, brucedp wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Bolivia a willing lithium partner if EVs are produced locally
> > >
> > >
> >
> http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/business/news/20110225p2g00m0bu037000c.html
> > > [image] Bolivia's President Evo Morales, left, shakes hands with
> > > Japan's Vice Minister of Economy Trade and Industry, Kaname Tajima,
> > > during the inauguration of an international seminar on lithium in La
> > > Paz, Bolivia, Thursday Feb. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
> > >
> > > TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales expressed willingness
> > > Thursday to select Japan as a lithium development partner if Japanese
> > > car manufacturers such as Toyota Motor Corp. produce electric vehicles
> > > in the lithium-rich Latin American country, officials at the Japanese
> > > Embassy in Bolivia said.
> > >
> > > The president's remarks came at an economic development seminar
> > > attended by Kaname Tajima, Japan's vice minister of economy, trade and
> > > industry, and officials of Japanese firms. Lithium is a key resource
> > > in producing electric vehicle batteries.
> > >
> > > South Korea and some other nations have shown interest in joining
> > > lithium development projects in Bolivia, which possesses about half of
> > > the world's lithium reserves, as demand for lithium ion batteries is
> > > expected to surge.
> > >
> > > Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and Morales met in Tokyo in December
> > > last year and agreed to cooperate on commercial production of lithium
> > > in Bolivia. (Mainichi Japan) Feb 25 2011
> > > [Copyright 2010 THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS. All rights reserved.]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/A-fool-thinks-B
> ig-td3331550.html
> > >
> > > {brucedp.150m.com}
> > >
> > > --
> > > View this message in context:
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> http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Let-s-Make-a-Bo
> livian-Lithium-EV-Deal-tp3333055p3333055.html
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> > Roger Heuckeroth
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