

This is fascinating stuff and I’m so glad you shared this.
I did some more reading into this and it honestly sounds similar to the way the CIA backed the coupe in Chile.
The more you think about it the more it makes sense, resources is only one part of this equation but its a huge one. Lithium is critical for electric vehicle batteries, as the US slowly transitions to EVs, securing lithium supplies becomes strategically vital. A US aligned Bolivian government would preferentially sell to US companies at favorable rates rather than China, which is already aggressively buying lithium contracts.















As a guy who knows nothing about drills, I’ve had a Ryobi one for about 8 years and last year I think it overheated as a bunch of smoke came out of it, it had a very nasty electric burning smell come out of it. It still seems to work well and I’ve used it for a bunch of jobs since but it still makes that electric burning smell.
Is my drill screwed up now? What does this mean? I’ve considered buying a new one but this one still seems relatively okay.