I know the word rare gives it away but the world is facing a rare earth metals shortage. The Chinese are currently the largest producers of this resource and they recently cut their production by half. Turkey is another potential source but that region has been unstable for centuries. Most modern technology cannot expand further without these resources and the whole idea of ramping up renewables requires lots of them. Elon Musk has said we don’t have enough in the world for all the plans of our governments and other experts agree.
– I love leading-edge technology and the world is working on alternatives, but regardless of how exciting they appear, most don’t make it out of the lab. Clean coal, gas and nuclear are still the only realistic options right now. Most of the proposed…
