How long before environmentalists move to lock it down?
1 posted on
11/18/2010 2:50:36 AM PST by
gusopol3
To: gusopol3
Well I'm sure those environmentalists don't care that so little platinum is used in catalytic converters. It's used for that and jewelery. Other than that, I don't think it's worth much as a precious metal.
Though there are other metals that are... precious...
2 posted on
11/18/2010 3:00:52 AM PST by
wastedyears
(The only good unemployment statistic in America is the number of unemployed Dem officials.)
To: gusopol3
Good to hear. Like you said- Will the ecoterrorists let us tap those resources? I’m sure there is some kind of rare toad or slug that would be threatened with extinction.
3 posted on
11/18/2010 3:01:05 AM PST by
catbertz
To: gusopol3
“Hey, Big Brother.” Oh, sorry. That’s another Rare Earth.
6 posted on
11/18/2010 3:31:11 AM PST by
LS
("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually." (Hendrix))
To: gusopol3
8 posted on
11/18/2010 5:09:16 AM PST by
Molly Pitcher
(We are Americans...the sons and daughters of liberty...(*.from FReeper the Real fifi*))
To: gusopol3
But what is rare however, are any operating mines extracting said rare earth minerals.
14 posted on
11/18/2010 8:31:30 AM PST by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Made from The Right Stuff!)
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