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Wyoming's Rare Earth Breaks China Dependency

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Posted By: Moritz55, 2/22/2024 12:39:50 PM

There is excellent news for the American industry, economy, and international trade sectors. The discovery of colossal rare earth deposits in Wyoming could essentially restructure the global supply chain of these crucial elements in the near future. A discovery of 2.34 billion metric tons of rare earth elements (REEs) in a mine outside of Sheridan, Wyoming, has generated great excitement across industries stateside. For one, the reserves are estimated to be bigger than China’s current reserves, implying that this single find could end America’s reliance on Chinese exports if exploited judiciously.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: ladydawgfan 2/22/2024 12:43:30 PM (No. 1663137)
The earth Nazis will never allow it!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Quigley 2/22/2024 12:52:56 PM (No. 1663143)
I’m sure the Chinese will be able to build a “grass roots” movement to oppose the development of these minerals. It is, after all, fashionable to pre-suppose that America is too rich.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Maggie2u 2/22/2024 1:01:41 PM (No. 1663147)
Any bets on how soon some left-wing radical group brings a lawsuit against the mining of these metals? The argument will be that to do so would be destroying the climate, racist, sexist, homophobic, anti-trans, take your pick or all five. in 3...2...1
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Skinnydip 2/22/2024 1:12:53 PM (No. 1663151)
Oh, the horror. The disruption of some inconsequential insect will bring this to a screeching halt.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Gordon Freeman 2/22/2024 1:34:53 PM (No. 1663163)
Quick China Joe declare it a National Monument so it will protect china’s stranglehold on the rare elements.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: jeffkinnh 2/22/2024 1:52:31 PM (No. 1663179)
Since we would not have a dependency on China, the drumbeat of fighting global warming, which needs these REEs for batteries required for backup power, might lose steam. Part of the emphasis by globalists on "warming" is to transfer power to China and their REEs to weaken the US. Now that stick has been taken away from them. Also, it creates a problem for leftists. The mining of REEs is incredibly costly and destructive. Yet, the left was OK with China doing it. If the Left complains about mining in the US, they expose that their dependance on batteries for a "green" solution is hypocritical and a lie. Once Trump is reelected we will have energy independence again, REE mining will get turbo charged, and manufacturing using REE can grow in the US.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: hershey 2/22/2024 2:27:19 PM (No. 1663198)
Watch for Biteme to write something 'official' to put the area off limits and turn it into a National Park or something...wouldn't want to hurt the Chinese dominance in rare earth supply.....
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Reply 8 - Posted by: JubilationTCornpone 2/22/2024 2:45:56 PM (No. 1663211)
We’re going to have to import tens of thousands of orphan African children to do the mining by hand.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: Vaquero45 2/22/2024 3:06:26 PM (No. 1663227)
This is good news. Anything that sticks it to China is to be encouraged. Dig, Baby, Dig!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Ruthless 2/22/2024 3:24:13 PM (No. 1663233)
Biden will sign an EO forbidding anyone to mine any of it.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: DVC 2/22/2024 3:32:04 PM (No. 1663243)
The Ecolunatics want NO drilling, digging or any kind of mining of their precious "Mother Earth".....even plowing for crops is seen as unacceptable by some of the nutcases.
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Reply 12 - Posted by: MrDeplorable 2/22/2024 3:45:47 PM (No. 1663252)
Never underestimate the power of the Democrats and Joe Biden to foxtrot this up, too.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: MissMann 2/22/2024 4:03:43 PM (No. 1663263)
Just waiting for them to declare the area off-limits for mining (a la ANWR for oil exports).
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Reply 14 - Posted by: kennedylaw 2/22/2024 4:17:46 PM (No. 1663272)
How long before the Biden regime bans mining in Wyoming, because mining in the US is bad but mining in China is good?
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Reply 15 - Posted by: padiva 2/22/2024 4:18:18 PM (No. 1663274)
No mining can be done until Biden arranges his 10% cut And.... The project will have to be named after him.
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Reply 16 - Posted by: rikkitikki 2/22/2024 5:50:09 PM (No. 1663311)
This is great news, coming soon after Exxon's announcement of its new lithium extraction project in Arkansas... not that we'll need lithtium for car batteries, since EVs are about to go extinct...
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Reply 17 - Posted by: Venturer 2/22/2024 6:51:04 PM (No. 1663340)
Joe Biden will not allow it to be used and the check from China will just keep coming.
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Reply 18 - Posted by: zoidberg 2/22/2024 7:11:10 PM (No. 1663355)
Get Ready.
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Reply 19 - Posted by: Scribelus 2/22/2024 7:12:31 PM (No. 1663357)
Grand news! Now, how to evade the clutch of the Jabberwok in the White House and his odious familiars.
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Reply 20 - Posted by: Omen55 2/22/2024 10:02:22 PM (No. 1663439)
This will put Joey in a box. Pushing EVs & then trying to cut off a treasure of REEs! Even the progressives will have a problem with that.
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Reply 21 - Posted by: Ronaldus Magnus 2/23/2024 5:53:50 AM (No. 1663545)
We have only drilled a few miles into the Earth. There are thousands of years of hydrocarbons under our feet. Minerals, heavy metals, etc. When President Trump let the drillers Drill Baby Drill, we became the Saudi Arabia of Natural Gas. The free flow of energy at market prices is what Rush often said. Inexpensive, abundant energy equals more freedom, and more freedom is what the left despises.
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Reply 22 - Posted by: Strike3 2/23/2024 7:26:18 AM (No. 1663583)
Perhaps announcing this to the whole world is not such a good idea.
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Reply 23 - Posted by: Paperpuncher 2/23/2024 8:00:52 AM (No. 1663597)
The democrats will shut it down. They destroy everything they touch including our republic.
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Reply 24 - Posted by: Ida Lou Pino 2/23/2024 9:03:23 AM (No. 1663639)
There are three species of high plains snakes - - which could be harmed by rare earth mining. No mining in Wyoming - - EVER!
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Reply 25 - Posted by: Zigrid 2/23/2024 10:32:28 AM (No. 1663706)
Thank You Jesus.....next get rid of romney....
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Reply 26 - Posted by: scottinoc 2/23/2024 11:14:01 AM (No. 1663734)
Glad it's in the American part of America
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Reply 27 - Posted by: privateer 2/23/2024 11:26:11 AM (No. 1663741)
I believe 5 is prescient. This is a perfect opportunity for Grand Staircase 2.0. Like the way Klintoon locked up our low sulphur coal to benefit the Indonesian (but originally CHINESE) Riady family. Who---son of a gun!---were big Klintoon donors. Go figure.
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