ÚSTI NAD LABEM / LANDAU - The 'lithium fever' has devastated the landscape in Bolivia, Chile and Argentina, among others. Europe is trying to mine its own lithium deposits in an environmentally friendly way: using geothermal energy. Germany is already experimenting with it in the Upper Rhine Valley. 

Is this method effectively environmentally friendly? And what are residents' views on reclamation plans in Europe? Is lithium fever in Germany "pure madness", as a local Upper Rhine Valley citizens' initiative puts it? Is there an alternative to the lithium mine in the Czech Republic where there are large lithium deposits? Will lithium fever soon erupt in the Flemish Kempen region?

Photo: © Marek Kowalczyk

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