[hellbender]

I read that Thorium has normally been a by-product of extraction of rare earths. I wonder if Th is not a major reason the Chinese are cornering access to rare earths, considering that China is among the first to realize the value of Th as an energy source.

Meanwhile, the scientifically illiterate, sentimental Gaia-worshipping lawyers and career politicians are locking America into their fantasy of wind and solar power.

[kiryandil]

Scientific American December 13, 2007:

Coal Ash Is More Radioactive than Nuclear Waste

[Minus_The_Bear]

It is. The Chinese have been buying up mineral rights across the mountain west.