Beneath a forgotten supervolcano in the American West lies a deposit that could quietly disrupt the global energy race. Scientists uncovered minerals with unexpected concentrations. The real surprise isn’t just how much was found—but how it got there.
I feel like this is the back story for some fucked up post-eco-apocalypse survival game.
2025: Geologists Uncover the World’s “Largest Lithium Deposit” Under American Supervolcano, Worth 413 Billion Euros
2037: Deep-bore mining of the supervolcano begins.
2049: The supervolcano mine now accounts for 60% of all lithium mined, worldwide, despite increasingly urgent warnings by geologists of instability.
2051: The Event.
2057: Survivors of The Event begin to make contact across the ash desert once known as the United States.