This Tuesday, the Prime Minister stressed the importance of the crossing of the Tagus, during the inaugural voyage of the first of ten electric ships sailing on the river, so that “there is no distance between the right bank, namely the left bank, and the bank on the right” .
“We live in a metropolitan area that is a big city with two banks and what we want between the two banks is that they can get closer and there is no distance between the right bank, that is, the left bank, and the right bank.” , he said António Costa good-humoredly.
In his intervention during the ceremony that took place on board the “Cegonha Branca”, the head of government argued that the commitment to public transport with reduced greenhouse gas emissions requires a series of crucial investments to raise the quality of public transport to this level improve. .
In this context, he highlighted lithium, noting that Portugal has this ore that is crucial for electrification, from mobile phone batteries to the cars of the future and the boat that today has made the trip down the Tagus River and will will be used for the crossing between Seixal and Lisbon from February when two other ships arrive.
“This ship wouldn’t move if there wasn’t lithium mining. This is an extraordinary opportunity for the country that for decades complained about the lack of natural reserves. Because this time we have one of the largest European lithium reserves and this is a great natural resource that will strengthen the country’s economy in the future,” he said.
Source: DN
