[r00fus]

Meanwhile China is going to ban exports of rare earth.

This is going to get painful really quick if the US doesn't have alternative energy options.

Oil dependency is a national security issue, and the clowns who ignore or downplay that fact are indistinguishable from enemy agents (courtesy of gray's law [1])

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Grey%27s%20L...

[tonyedgecombe]

> Meanwhile China is going to ban exports of rare earth.

That’s probably a good thing if it leads to finding other sources.

[rullelito]

Europe rather collapse than start looking for rare earth metals on its own soil. The environment over everything else.

[mindracer]

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/01/30/business/norway-minerals-...

[rurban]

Good so