The US government said it will no longer ‘fly around the world at the drop of a hat’ for meetings
  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    1 day ago

    I’m aware, but they’re also unfortunately rare in the US, and we need batteries if we don’t maintain a good trade relationship with China.

    • TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.eeEnglish
      51·
      1 day ago

      America actually has plenty of rare earth deposits, it’s just not profitable to mine them and then build facilities to refine them.