So they can destroy the planet for batteries.
The rare metals are for batteries for the electric vehicles that no one is buying....
I believe a certain President wanted to buy Greenland in 2018.
Now we know why.
And in other news incredibly rare endangered three speckled titmouse only lives where rare earth mineral deposits are discovered.
I may be mistaken, but I think “rare earth” minerals are important in applications beyond just electric car batteries. They’re also used for micro-chips and other types of applications. I also think we have domestic sources that we refuse to mine.
“ At the height of the American war machine’s realization that…”
No bias in this article. Lol.
This is how articles in Rebolutionary Worker started.
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Except that EV’s ARE DEAD...the FAD is OVER!
I’ll bet some enterprising politician could sell the mining rights to a foreign nation in return for some cold hard cash.
Mine them wherever you want. Will probably still send them to China for all that toxic processing.
There will be some “environmental” reason why it can’t be developed, at least with Democrats in charge.
democrats block all new mining and drilling here in the USA and are trying to shutdown existing mines and oil and gas wells.
Go Norway!!! They have some headwinds in their future as gasoline products get replaced by electricity.