On 05/25/2021 03:40 PM, Dean Hoffman wrote:
The U.S. is setting itself up for major geopolitical risk: according to the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, China provides more than 85% of the worlds rare-earths and holds 67% of the global supply of scarce metals and minerals. The U.S. itself imports some 80% of its rare-earths from China.

For Bob Dylan's 80th birthday, I'll quote from one of his earlier songs:


"They complained in the East,
They are paying too high.
They say that your ore ain't worth digging.
That it's much cheaper down
In the South American towns
Where the miners work almost for nothing."

North Country Blues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pid0Ud4y3XY

The US has lithium:

https://www.motherjones.com/environm...us-extraction/

Thacker Pass might get a little torn but what the hell. Those Tesla
driving environmentalists from LA aren't likely to make it to that part
of Nevada. Ain't nothing but sagebrush, rabbits, and bobcats anyway.