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This assumes we’re able to build a rare earth processing infrastructure in a reasonable timeframe, let’s say 10 years. I would not bet on it! America struggles to build anything quickly today except for software and capital.

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That’s a pretty confident and sweeping statement.

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They call this a miracle even in the article you linked.

I dunno they built out fracking pretty quickly to become one of the worlds biggest oil producers, no reason why they couldn’t if willing to destroy the environment like China is.

it took decades of technological improvement to work out how to do fracking.

So we’re talking about refining rare earths which we know how to do for decades. But good try.

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