This seems topical
www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-18882996
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MyFrontFellOff ; his mouth full of teddies, urinating defiantly, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 12:51,
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If you want your green tech then you need lots of "Rare earths".
And currently Chinas got the monopoly on them by a long shot.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 12:55,
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yeah and China's economy is set to overtake that of the US in about 2015
if current trends continue. So we can't go buying the stuff from them.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 12:57,
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No we can't keep buying the stuff of them because they keep restricting it's export.
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Cerebus Sticky! Sticky! Stick! Stick!, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 13:02,
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well that's a double whammy.
China is also likely to start poking its nose into the middle East, so then they will hold all the cards.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 19 Jul 2012, 13:08,
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