The EPA killed rare earth mining in this country. It is a stupid as that. Here is a PDF comparing U.S. production and world production from the years 1900 to 2011.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/ds140-raree.pdf
Kill the EPA.
Gee, where are some of the world’s largest deposits of REE?
In Afghanistan.
Convenient, huh?
The EPA killed rare earth mining in this country. It is a stupid as that. Here is a PDF comparing U.S. production and world production from the years 1900 to 2011.
http://minerals.usgs.gov/ds/2005/140/ds140-raree.pdf
Kill the EPA.