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wouldn't just having a small mineral stockpile alleviate much of the danger while turning back on the mine? while having a chip stockpile for too long isn't rea

wouldn't just having a small mineral stockpile alleviate much of the danger while turning back on the mine? while having a chip stockpile for too long isn't really too feasible because of how fast chips are deprecated. Though I know it is a bit more complicated with refineries etc...

remarkEon 5y ago
Minerals aren't evenly distributed on planet earth.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  I can't think of any mineral that the US doesn't have (in the ground.) However, some are no longer mined in the US, like tin, since 1993. (For people unfamiliar with "rare earth minerals", they're not rare. But today their mining and processing is mostly done in China.)
  - remarkEon 5y ago
    That isn't really the point, though. The US may have "all of the good minerals", but does it have enough? With the right purity and consistency? In areas where the minerals are extractable without major environmental implications?
    - redis_mlc 5y ago
      You're sealioning, but yes, I've never heard of the US not having enough mineral deposits for any particular mineral. > In areas where the minerals are extractable without major environmental implications? AFAIK, the US has everything (if not, Canada has it, including uranium and gold), but the eco law issue is definitely the #1 problem today. It's a policy issue, not a technical issue. The US has to be careful that the CCP doesn't "eco law" us when we decide to open mines - they can force shortages by US sponsoring apparent arms-length eco reviews and lawsuits via lobbyists and related law firms. (I read the 2020 smartphone app lawsuits were financed via CCP lobbyists, and the 2021 billion dollar lawsuits from Dominion voting machines were on behalf of the CCP, who apparently owns Dominion.) To follow up on my previous post, tin is actually fairly rare, and valuable for alloys, including bronze. So it's great that the US also has tin (in the ground.) Because of CCP dumping, as seen with rare earths,the only way we'll get back into mining is if the US govt. agrees to cooperative eco policies, and buys mine output for the national reserve. The govt. can just use the price before the mine opens, and pay that for say 10 years, which will circumvent CCP dumping for that mineral.
Animats 5y ago
The US used to keep sizable stockpiles of raw materials in case of another WWII-style war. There are still stockpiles of oil and medical supplies.[1] DoD has some stockpiles, but only of stuff needed for a war. [1] https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/state-us-strategic-stockpiles https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/state-us-strategic-stockpil...

remarkEon 5y ago

Minerals aren't evenly distributed on planet earth.

redis_mlc 5y ago
I can't think of any mineral that the US doesn't have (in the ground.) However, some are no longer mined in the US, like tin, since 1993. (For people unfamiliar with "rare earth minerals", they're not rare. But today their mining and processing is mostly done in China.)
- remarkEon 5y ago
  That isn't really the point, though. The US may have "all of the good minerals", but does it have enough? With the right purity and consistency? In areas where the minerals are extractable without major environmental implications?
  - redis_mlc 5y ago
    You're sealioning, but yes, I've never heard of the US not having enough mineral deposits for any particular mineral. > In areas where the minerals are extractable without major environmental implications? AFAIK, the US has everything (if not, Canada has it, including uranium and gold), but the eco law issue is definitely the #1 problem today. It's a policy issue, not a technical issue. The US has to be careful that the CCP doesn't "eco law" us when we decide to open mines - they can force shortages by US sponsoring apparent arms-length eco reviews and lawsuits via lobbyists and related law firms. (I read the 2020 smartphone app lawsuits were financed via CCP lobbyists, and the 2021 billion dollar lawsuits from Dominion voting machines were on behalf of the CCP, who apparently owns Dominion.) To follow up on my previous post, tin is actually fairly rare, and valuable for alloys, including bronze. So it's great that the US also has tin (in the ground.) Because of CCP dumping, as seen with rare earths,the only way we'll get back into mining is if the US govt. agrees to cooperative eco policies, and buys mine output for the national reserve. The govt. can just use the price before the mine opens, and pay that for say 10 years, which will circumvent CCP dumping for that mineral.

Animats 5y ago

The US used to keep sizable stockpiles of raw materials in case of another WWII-style war. There are still stockpiles of oil and medical supplies.[1] DoD has some stockpiles, but only of stuff needed for a war. [1] https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/state-us-strategic-stockpiles https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/state-us-strategic-stockpil...