lj: And, in other news, China is locking up the nickel market, it seems, so they will be making the batteries for EV's. It is part of their long-range plans. Elon Musk whined about the shortage of nickel a year or so ago, encouraging exploration and production of the metal.
Good. Another nail in the EV coffin. Hopefully, U.S. consumers and Europeans won't want cheap EV imports from China.
For national security reasons, the U.S. needs to plan for increased production of internal combustion engine vehicles.
A civilization that depends on the internet and rare minerals and other minerals has set itself up for collapse, imo. The collapse of our civilization is the farthest thing from the minds of our leaders, Governmental and corporate. They are clueless. To paraphrase my late boss, they pray to the "patron saint of the generally clueless".
He liked to repeat the adage, "In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king." Unfortunately, the "one-eyed man' is a senile, old far*t.
