In recent debates about lithium extraction, people's resistance is often explained as opposition to the need to decarbonise our economy. But while it's true that demand for mineral resources is increasing exponentially around the world, it's also true that oil extraction has not stopped rising. Instead of the much-talked-about transition from fossil fuels to electromobility, in which one would replace the other with a view to decarbonising the planet, what is happening is something that social movements have been saying for a long time: this is not a transition, but an expansion of the energy market.