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byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
Misha Glenny just did an excellent series covering rare earths. Link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/s... [bbc.co.uk]
This is pretty bad news. However, Beijing's strategy seems unclear to me. They wanted to paint themselves in contradiction to the US, as a reliable trading partner for other countries. This really doesn't help their case. Trump has really made life shittier for everyone now. I guess there's going to be a scramble to use induction motors in EVs in the coming months and years.
byOl Olsoc ( 1175323 ) writes:
Misha Glenny just did an excellent series covering rare earths. Link here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/s... [bbc.co.uk]
This is pretty bad news. However, Beijing's strategy seems unclear to me. They wanted to paint themselves in contradiction to the US, as a reliable trading partner for other countries. This really doesn't help their case. Trump has really made life shittier for everyone now. I guess there's going to be a scramble to use induction motors in EVs in the coming months and years.
I'll have a listen, don't have time at the moment. But much of the hand-wringing over this seems to be non-technicals who believe there is no other source of portable energy. We either have Li ion batteries, or the world goes back to the stone ages.
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bytsqr ( 808554 ) writes:
We either have Li ion batteries, or the world goes back to the stone ages.
The issue is not just lithium for batteries. The restrictions apply to seven medium and heavy rare earths: samarium, gadolinium, terbium, dysprosium, lutetium, scandium, and yttrium. From the Center for Strategic and International Studies: [csis.org]
REEs [rare earth elements] are crucial for a range of defense technologies, including F-35 fighter jets, Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines, Tomahawk missiles, radar systems, Predator unmanned aerial vehicles, and the Joint Direct Attack Munition series of smart bo
byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
To be fair, the series was actually about critical raw materials, not just rare earths, despite the title
byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
I know, but neither the series nor the restrictions were only for rare earths, both the series and the restrictions cover lithium as well
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byMachineShedFred ( 621896 ) writes:
But much of the hand-wringing over this seems to be non-technicals who believe there is no other source of portable energy.
As opposed to yourself, where you appear to not know that lithium is not a rare earth. Non-technicals, indeed.
byshilly ( 142940 ) writes:
The series does not make this mistake. Plenty of technical experts involved
byRockDoctor ( 15477 ) writes:
We either have Li ion batteries, or the world goes back to the stone ages.
That's worth the effort. Just a second ... mattress onto the floor. OK. The "rolling around, helpless with mirth" shall commence.
This geologist, if no one else, saw what you did there.
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