A piece of bastnasite ore, which contains rare earth elements, is shown by Brock O'Kelly from Molycorp Minerals Mountain pass Mine in Mountain Pass, Califonia August 19, 2009. REUTERS/David Becker
Ron Paul should be able to find a replacement. He seems to think that we do not need to be engaged in world affairs anymore.
So what’s his plan?
China has decided to hoard them.
Well, now when the greenies start talking about “peak oil”, we can answer with “peak neodymium”.
Unexpected consequences.
solution is DiL matter-antimatter conversion
A piece of bastnasite ore, which contains rare earth elements, is shown by Brock O'Kelly from Molycorp Minerals Mountain pass Mine in Mountain Pass, Califonia August 19, 2009. REUTERS/David Becker
We can mine these in the USA, but China’s low prices in years past and heavy Environmental regs here in the USA means USA mines have shut down or are not expanding.
So....we must rely on Communist China for some of these rare elements to build the “green cars”? Right
More and more....sounds like enviromentalism/greenies and Free Trade Globalists are walking hand in hand....
Becoming dependent on Communist China....
People like Al Gore, George Soros, The Clintons, B Hussein Soetoro-Obama, the late Ted Kennedy, John McCain....all these support Free Trade Globalism and Global Warming-environmental schemes.
American wealth redistribution still at work
I see an interesting future as a scrap metals salvage expert and these cars.
Kinda like homeless people ripping out streetlight wiring and copper plumbing to sell for food money.
All the have-nots will be eying these “green” cars as rolling sources of black market rare metals that can be sold at high prices to make even more of these vehicles.
And some garages still steal your air bag system and fill your steering wheel area with a filler material because the air bag devices fetch top dollar on the street.
another Wile E. Coyote moment for the Ecoweenies....
Oh, the irony...
Hey, I have a GREAT idea! Let’s run cars off of giant batteries. Then we wouldn’t need to drill for oil or produce energy.
What do you think?
Someone tell me again why we are building this JUNK?? When we have 300 years of Fuel in the ground.
This is a more to-the-point article from a week ago:
The Chinese manipulate the prices of these rare earths to discourage development of alternate sources, but the fact is, they have huge reserves compared to the rest of the planet.
Well, that, and the shortages of Electricity to come, and Crap & Tax, tripling the cost of electricity, shutting down 54% of our Electrical producers down. (Coal)
And don’t forget to cut off nose to spite face. Or, let the public in on that dirty little secret that not one vehicle will be produced without oil. You know, little items like plastics, lubrication, solvents, carpet, synthetic rubber, or coal for steel. Just add another 50% to the price tag and less than half of the population that can afford one without the government financing them. (Now, where have I heard that before?)
Prius (and other hybrid electrics) are an ecological disaster. Much better is a turbo diesel with about the same mileage.
Russia/Former USSR has most of the rare earths, but they are hoarding them for their military.
As long as the car manufactures work in a free market we have nothing to worry about.
Wait until we take all these hybrids off the roads and have to dispose of these toxic materials. The fun is just starting!
No blood for Neodymium!