• Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    It’s not a big deal. Rare earth minerals aren’t that rare.

    It’s the refining of rare earth minerals which is energy intensive and causes a great deal of pollution.

    It was nice that China was destroying their own environment and spending the capital to build power plants. Now we will have to invest the capital to do it ourselves.