Rare earths are critical for manufacturing everything from electric vehicles to wind turbines and defence equipment, and with China's dominance over the supply chain, they have also become inextricably enmeshed in geopolitics.
OK. Do we need modern electronic devices, or are they a luxury?
Because if we don’t need them, then there’s a lot less need for rare earths in general and this entire argument is moot.
You can’t just handwave the details and say, “You figure it out!” and then act like you’ve made some salient, insightful point. If you think it’s so simple to figure out, that only indicates that you haven’t looked into the issue beyond the surface level.
I can say whatever I want and not owe you shit. If you’re arguing this with such scrutiny, you are probably acting in bad faith and I’m not going to waste my time with you
Define need.
I think you can find the answer to that yourself when my statement is rather obvious
OK. Do we need modern electronic devices, or are they a luxury?
Because if we don’t need them, then there’s a lot less need for rare earths in general and this entire argument is moot.
You can’t just handwave the details and say, “You figure it out!” and then act like you’ve made some salient, insightful point. If you think it’s so simple to figure out, that only indicates that you haven’t looked into the issue beyond the surface level.
I can say whatever I want and not owe you shit. If you’re arguing this with such scrutiny, you are probably acting in bad faith and I’m not going to waste my time with you
Nor, apparently, any time actually thinking about your own point of view.
I couldn’t care less about you trying to grill me over a blanket statement :)