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Rebel with a cause
The remarkable story of the New Zealander of the Year. Ray Avery
went from street urchin to champion of the world's poor, overcoming
a childhood that would have destroyed many lesser people.
He was once told to do something useful with his life and he did. Now he's a good man using good science to make a difference - and he claims the dollars you give to aid organisations could be doing more harm than good.
Ray Avery - a good man.
CORRESPONDENT - Cameron Bennett
PRODUCER - Max Adams
CAMERA - Ken Dorman and Leander Scott-Donelan
Celldorado
Lithium is really the next oil, the next gold. It's a mysterious
and increasingly precious metal that's been used to treat mental
illness and build nuclear weapons - but mobile phones,
miniaturisation and the flight to hybrid and electric cars has seen
its uses and value soar.
Lithium is an important ingredient enabling batteries to store and expel power. And where's the biggest resource of lithium? Just beneath the crust of a remote, beautiful and vast salt plain high in the Bolivian Andes. Problem... you bet!
ABC FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
SUNDAY, 7.30pm on TV ONE - Where there's a story, we'll find it.
