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Industry experts sound the alarm—we may or may not have enough critical minerals on hand in the event of WWIII

By Olivia Murray

While all eyes have been on Joe Biden as he’s drained our Strategic Petroleum Reserve for poll number boosts, it looks as though he’s been sabotaging our rare earth mineral stockpile on the side. Here’s the story, from a report by Kelsey Baker at Business Insider:

US stockpiles of the rare earth minerals it would need to fight a war against an adversary like China are a mystery, and experts warn it’s a problem

They [rare earth minerals] are a subset of the critical minerals deemed essential for national security. If the supply chain for these minerals is disrupted, the negative impact on the US could be considerable. Stockpile sizes are unclear, yet there are indications that levels aren’t where they need to be.

Part of the military’s mission at home is to keep stockpiles of goods like critical minerals on hand for emergency wartime use. Recent government research suggests that Congress knows that the stockpile levels are insufficient, but the numbers aren’t made available to the public. That opacity is troubling to some experts.

(If you missed it, the Biden regime acknowledged that it would be draining the reserves even more than the already historic lows “to keep gasoline prices in check for consumers ahead of the July 4 holiday.” That’s not what the SPR is for—drill, drill, drill is the solution for lower pump prices, all without compromising national security no less.)

I’m going to go out on a limb here and suggest that if the government isn’t being open and transparent, something is no doubt amiss. I don’t know about you, but I don’t have any faith that there’s any gold in Fort Knox, and the Feds are currently fighting the release of FOIA-requested data on the COVID-19 jab.

As Baker notes, REMs are “essential” for national security, because they’re critical components in the war manufacturing process:

Rare earth minerals are needed to make all sorts of things, from F-35 stealth fighters and night-vision goggles to internet fiber-optic cables and MRI machines.

Baker’s list doesn’t quite convey the true expansiveness of these mined materials for military use though—REMs are necessary for missiles, ship- and submarine- and plane- building, radar technologies, any battery-powered equipment (radios, drones), camera lenses and optics, surveillance, body armor, and first aid.

But, outside of the military industry, REMs are used for laptops and smartphones, appliances, communication technologies, light bulbs—and of course, the “green” industry.

Now, you’d think that given Biden’s exaggerated “green” agenda and his abuse of the pen to achieve it, and the fact that the world can literally not produce enough mined material to keep up with the legislated/mandated “green” transition for which the self-imagined elites advocate, he might prioritize supply—but nope, that’s not the case at all:

Some experts say the lack of transparency on mineral stockpile levels within the US leaves the public in the dark about what’s actually being done to curb American dependence on what the Pentagon calls its ‘pacing challenge’ for the critical minerals it would need in a great-power conflict.

No one is coming to save you.

Arguably, the word of a Biden does carry some serious weight, because during his time in office, he’s done exactly what he came to do: weaken America. Sure, he didn’t campaign on that, but he did campaign on…forcing a “green transition,” meaning we’re all at the mercy of unreliable and unaffordable energy technologies and industries…dissolving the border, which has fostered an environment in which bad actors (terrorists and third world leeches alike) exploit the circumstances, reaping maximum gain for minimal effort…Green New Deal initiatives and other socialist policies, which have only increased spending and devalued the dollar we all use even more. What else am I missing?

Make America Strong Again and reject the progressive Democrat left.

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/07/industry_experts_sound_the_alarm_we_may_or_may_not_have_enough_critical_minerals_on_hand_in_the_event_of_wwiii.html