00:00The Atacama saltplats lose millions of gallons daily to massive extraction pumps right now.
00:06How do industrial syndicates suck dry ancient subterranean aquifers
00:11just to manufacture clean energy battery chemicals?
00:14Common Sense says rainfall replenishes the desert basins,
00:18but the brutal reality is that ancient water vanishes forever.
00:22Massive solar evaporation ponds concentrate the toxic brine for months,
00:27while precious fresh groundwater evaporates into the air.
00:31This ruthless hydrological drain leaves local farming villages fighting a losing battle
00:36as the Atacama salt flats lose millions of gallons daily to massive extraction pumps right now.
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