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Want to come down a rabbit hole with me? If you haven't heard, right now in eastern Idaho,

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500,000 acres of farmland is without the use of water. This happened on May 30th when the

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Department of Water Resources ordered 6,400 groundwater users to shut off their water.

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They're saying it's due to a predicted yearly shortfall and to non-compliance to mitigations.

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But this is a half a million acres of farmland. That's our food supply. And Idaho farmers are

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asking for our help. They are asking that we call the governor and let him know that water

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curtailment is not the answer. Here's where the rabbit hole comes in. Buckle up. And again,

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I am nobody. I'm just an American. These videos are for entertainment purposes only,

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and none of this is my opinion. Here are some facts that can be found with an internet search.

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There's a company called Jervis operating out of Salmon, Idaho. This is a $150 million facility

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that was then given an additional $15 million from the Department of Defense. And as of June 2024,

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today, now, they've been given the green light to operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

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And they're mining for cobalt. Cobalt's used for lithium batteries, and they need to use a lot of

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water to do so. But that's been known. There were numerous articles warning about this situation.

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It's known that the extraction process leads to water scarcity. And that water curtailment order

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came one day prior to that company getting the green light to mine 24-7. But remember, lithium is used

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for the batteries in our phones, the batteries in electric cars, and for military infrastructure.

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So do with that information what you will. But the farmers, they're simply asking that we call

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and let the governor know that water curtailment is not the answer.