[phlowbieuq]

I'm hardly ever an optimist, but I believe that this kind of situation is exactly what the saying "Necessity is the mother of invention" applies to. I am 100% confident that Elon has an entire team of material scientists at Tesla working on alternatives to these rare materials.

[Pigo]

I sure hope so. I'm definitely not against these new technologies. I'm just honestly not that informed on where these materials come from generally, and if there are any reasonable plans to source them better or replace them.

[PretzelPirate]

Do you think Elon built the Falcon Heavy so he can get an alternative supply of the materials he needs from asteroids (I have no idea if cobalt can be found on asteroids)?