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http://mashable.com/2012/09/28/sustainable-technology/

Article and infographic on technology and rare earth elements.

Sh1t

Covered a lot of that in the book published earlier this year --
https://www.apc.org/en/pubs/practical-g ... ainable-it

I wonder what it would look like had some chemist arbitrarily called them common earths instead of rare earths.

It's all down to our throw away society again. But are the economists right and will the market dictate that we should recycle our rare earth metals more effectively or will governments have to intervene and dictate reuse/recycling strategies.