The point I was trying to make is that power is cheap in China...

The point I was trying to make is that power is cheap in China because they use coal and they don't put regulations on coal fired plants especially in the outlying provinces. They get away with cheap labor with lax safety standards and toxic waste gets dumped. If you don't think my point is correct then just explain why we load all this ore on ships and send it to China rather than process the stuff here. My belief is that the spodumene has to be roasted at very high temperatures. Anyhow you are nit picking why don't you address my substantive point which is that when lithium is priced with environmental damage accounted for DLE will come out ahead.