Sorry you UN bunch of socialist dictators we are going to have to cut your allowance to 25 cents a week.
From the same gang which brought us “Global Warming”
They try really hard don’t they?
>> ‘Scientists should anticipate the possibility that they may not have the whole periodic table to work with in future,’ says Thomas Graedel
Is it just me, or does it sound like ol’ Thomas is making a threat?
A replay of Julian Simon vs Paul Ehrlich...:
http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/index.php?news=44
Must be Obama's faultTM, since he took over GM, right? /sarc>
...and you thought they just made cars!
Cheers!
Nuke the UN
Cheers!
Of course, it wouldn't have anything to do with her husband's investments in Chinese rare earth mineral development.
Sounds like they’re expecting to ban mining operations just keep recycling what we’ve already got.
Now hold on people, this really is serious. Rare earth metals are called that for a reason: They are rare. Some of these metals come only from a handfull of mines. There are no other known sources in the entire world. Understand?
We are rapidly depleting the entire world’s supply of several of these metals. The next generation of integrated circuits is going to be based on a rare earth metal (forgot which one) that will run out in 5 years or less.
Poopooing recycling and the United Nations isn’t going to produce any more tantalum. We do need to recycle what we have. However, the problem is that such a tiny amount of these rare earth metals are used in an individual product like a cell phone that it isn’t profitable or even possible to recycle.
China’s industrial demands are sucking up the majority of the supply of rare earth metals. Their demand is sucking up the supply of metals in general. They have already bought most of the US’s steel production for the near future.
The inevitable complete depletion of some of the rare earth in the next 5 years will cause us to take a step backward in some technologies as we are forced to used less exotic materials.
Mine the landfills. Lots of good stuff in there.
Lot’s of metal in UN buildings.
I’ve read extensive astrometric surveys that show that the moon is replete with Helium 3, but, alas, Bamster has decided that it’s not in our best interest to be in space anymore.
This is in response to the addendum of the article. Helium 3 is easily captured, stored, and returned to the Earth with the proper surveying and mining of the moon.
Why we’ve not returned since Apollo is beyond me!
Dangerous lung worms found in people who eat raw crayfish
LSUHSC researcher finds surprising link between sugar in drinks and blood pressure
Who's Afraid of Synthetic Biology? Don't let fears about frankenmicrobes halt promising research.
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Leave it to the “experts” at the UN to not have enough data to make an informed decision and still make a decision.
Amazing and that’s not even mentioning the history or natural resources - they never run out!
Anything that is ‘scarce’ begs ‘control’. Convenient. No solution unless they take it and divvy it up among ‘friends’.
The same ol’ template.
Supplies of speciality metals like lithium, neodymium and indium could become restricted unless recycling rates improve.
Fortunately, the U.S. has one of the world’s largest and richest Rare Earth deposits at Molycorp Minerals’ facility in Mountain Pass, California. At Mountain Pass we are producing certain Green Elements and plans are in place to bring the facility back into full production following an extensive modernization and expansion project. With appropriate federal assistance for research, development and capital costs, Molycorp Minerals is prepared to move forward to reestablish domestic manufacturing capacity on an expedited basis.