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No Such Thing as Energy Independance

Posted by Mark Motive on April 12, 2010 China, Peak Oil Watch, Rare Earth Metals, Technology Add comments
Apr 122010

Despite having access to ample supplies, the US currently imports all its rare earth metals requirements. Rare earth metals are essential to transitioning the energy infrastructure from fossil fuels to green technology. So if the US is truly to become energy independent, it will have to start mining its own rare earth metals.

The USGS recently outlined some of the highlights of the US rare earth metals market:


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