We Don't Mine Enough Rare Earth Metals to Replace Fossil Fuels With Renewable Energy

Vice ^ | 12/12/2018 | Nafeez Ahmed

[stanne]

“ If Biden wins, then the Democrats will impeach him (or force him to resign)...”

Nah. No no need to. They know how to do shadow governments.

Clinton-Clinton, Obama-VJ, Gore-Hillary (Oh yeah. The hanging chads)

Interesting how they have the woman in charge.

[clearcarbon]

"Is Biden selling America out to China"

He's just a continuation of the obama legacy.

[blueunicorn6]

Yes, Biden has sold us out to the Chinese to put money in his purse.

He’s hoping they weren’t lying when the Chinese told him they’d leave him alone, though.

C’mon, man! Screw those dog faced pony Soldiers!

[granada]

“I also send a left leaning source to demonstrate this is an issue recognized by both sides.”
........
Both sides? Lol.
PRC prefered GWB to Obama & Clinton.

[frank ballenger]

Great meme.....

Hey, the “Big Guy” has to eat, too.

Biden’s “public service career” never included one real job, just like Bill Clinton, but both are quite wealthy. Magical.

[GoldenPup]

Is Biden selling America out to China?

Of course, but the correct term is “SOLD”. Only a MORON would believe otherwise.

[dfwgator]

Is the Pope a Commie?

[frank ballenger]

Obama sold out America to Chinese....

And a half hour later he felt like selling us out again.

(Sorry for the reference to the 1950-1970s joke about eating Chinese food. For those too young to have heard of it. And apologies to Asian American FReepers. I might as well not make jokes, actually.)

[carcraft]

If Biden and the Democrats get in charge it will be impossible to get the permitting to open a rare earth mine. When Bill Clinton was President he made America’s largest and one of the world’s largest low sulfur coal deposits a national monument. Another sell out to the Chinese. Look up Clinton and the Reyadi family.

[Vermont Lt]

You literally have to remove mountains of earth to get at them. That’s why they call them rare.

[Republican Wildcat]

These same people don’t believe we should be mining at all, right?

And China certainly doesn’t have the environmental regulations we would have for mining them.

[Republican Wildcat]

Correct. China has the “most” because they have the most mines...not “the most” period.

[Republican Wildcat]

And doesn’t that cause environmental damage?

These people are a walking contradiction.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

NioCorp; NIOBF (Waiting funding to mine); Texas Mineral Resources: TMRC (Waiting Funding to mine); Medallion Resources: MLLOF testing process to refing REES; Ucore: UURAF Permits, Lawsuits, Pending testing process.

Mountain Pass, Lynas. (Dont know symbols.)

Several REE companies off the top of my head.

[carcraft]

Let me know when they get funding. Hillary said they would put coal mines out of business and did. If Biden is elected these mines will go the way of coal.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

“Let me know when they get funding”

Carcraft;

Just keep checking their websites. They’ll give you the updates
E.G.

NioCorp;

http://www.niocorp.com/

[philman_36]

You literally have to remove mountains of earth to get at them.
The concept of a mine escapes you, obviously.

[philman_36]

That’s why they call them rare.
BTW...
Critical Mineral Resources of the United States—Economic and Environmental Geology and Prospects for Future SupplyMost of the REEs are not as rare as the group’s name suggests. They were named “rare-earth” elements because most were identified during the 18th and 19th centuries as “earths” (originally defined as materials that could not be changed further by the sources of heat), and, in comparison with other “earths,” such as lime or magnesia, they were relatively rare.

[philman_36]

It isn't all pit mining either.

[Rebelbase]

Shocked that Vice reported this.