Yes, this is all important information to know. The best I can understand is that "rare earths" became associated with dependence on China (not true), which led

Yes, this is all important information to know. The best I can understand is that "rare earths" became associated with dependence on China (not true), which led to people being against rare earths in general. But it's tough to figure out what's going on with people's opinion on the matter, I still don't know what I said in my comment above yours that was so disagreeable.