BY ANTONIO CAMBRIA: On Thursday, the Biden administration announced it would prohibit mining in more than 200,000 acres of land from being mined for waterway protection, ignoring serious abuse abroad.
BY AARON RINGEL: Import dependence has long posed a strategic vulnerability for the U.S.—particularly when it comes to the “rare earth” metals that make many advanced technologies possible.
This is because of the way in which the materials used in manufacturing the batteries that power today’s EVs are obtained.
Surprise, surprise. Electric vehicles are even more dependent on Russia and China than gas-fueled cars.
“This is not about law. This is a political action” intended to stop “a world-class underground copper, nickel, cobalt, and platinum group metals mine…. We are confident that a full environmental review will show that the science behind this modern mine will prove that we can advance this project safely under the highest of standards.”
The EV numbers don't add up.
There may not be enough minerals and metals in the world to build all the electric vehicles climate campaigners want to mandate and subsidize.
Green energy plans require major increases in U.S. mining and processing – unless they want to make America even more dependent on China and Russia.
The dark side of renewable wind, solar, EV batteries, and biofuel energy is that they are not clean, green, renewable, or sustainable.
China has the ability to quickly strangle the U.S. and the rest of the western world with its near monopoly of rare earths.
An essential first step in making the U.S.A. less dangerously dependent on foreign minerals.
A new book analyzes America's near-total foreign dependency for critical minerals – and offers solutions.