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jema Downsizer Moderator
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Hairyloon
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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dpack
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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lithium is not the pinch point, plenty of it, much is economic to extract, it has a broad environmental impact from fairly harmless to rather messy depending on where and method of extraction
the stuff needed in tiny amounts are the tricky ones, cobalt is the most obvious but the less known ones are the biggest issues
rare wins $
twfcitw is a prime example of the effects of high value commodities in poor places
gold and slaves, ivory and rubber, lanthanides.
similar players, same principles and often the same means.
the tightest pinch points are rarely mentioned, perhaps those involved find it useful that they are found in darkness and few notice how they traded, or how fragile the high-tech supply chain is regarding the materials science of the "spices" needed to make clever stuff work
the "saffron" of touch screens is a good example, known reserves would fit in a stock waggon and last a few years at 2019 rates of use.
at some point soon the largest known reserves will be those vitrified into phone and pooter screens
cobalt is the one driving the most recent power struggles in twfcitw but the others are also class A strategic resources which are being sought after with extreme vigour in many places with "good" geology and preferably "free trading terms" |
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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gz
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Mistress Rose
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dpack
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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Mistress Rose
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tahir
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jema Downsizer Moderator
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