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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
by remarkEon 6y 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 6y agoYou'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.