This, among many other reasons, is why Russia screwing around in Ukraine is not good for us or the Western World.
Others are wheat, oil, gas, pipelines, and strategic location.
This is silly.
Neon is produced by cryogenic fractional distillation of air. The air in Russia contains the same percentage of Neon as does the air in the United States, or anywhere else.
Neon is not a product of the Ukraine as a commodity they only have. It is obtained from the air as a trace noble gas. Apparently they have much production facilities for this. We can do the same. I do not know how long it would take to do this. It is simply a hyper cold distillation process.
Hmmmm, I’ve got a small bottle of neon. Maybe I should start taking bids when things get really tight.
Winner in our economy will be those that own the junkyard.
Can’t watch your broken dreams in and out of the beams of the neon moon.
What? Now we’re gonna have a Doritos shortage?!?
Read later.
Then there is still 50% that is NOT in harm’s way!
Ukraine supplies 90% of the semiconductor-grade neon used in the USA.
Hattip to mad_as_he$$ for the link
You can recover Neon (and other gases) from the air anywhere on earth - in theory.
In practice it seems to happen where it can be done cheapest. It's plausible that Ukraine and Russia are at the top of the list due to lower regs, lower taxes and access to cheap electricity.
Ted Kaczynski’s dreams are coming true...