The recent threats by the Chinese government to stop shipments of vital minerals to the United States has exposed the dangerous folly of years of American environmental policies against mining. Rare earth minerals are essential in the production of numerous 21st century technologies, from cell phones and solar panels to electric batteries and military weapons systems. The good news is that these rare earth minerals are abundant, especially in the United States. The two of us have warned for years that because of heavy reliance on China and to an extent on Russia, Beijing might seek to weaponize its market power in these strategic resources.
We could do it,,,We are Americans after all who can thread the needle when needed to if only we give it a shot....But give it to the rest of the world where mining will not be regulated and our conscious is clear???
And lets not forget how dems cut out Americans in the IRA Bill with lawyereze....