Good rare earths infographic

nexus · Post by **nexus** » 31 Oct 2012, 09:55

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

Article and infographic on technology and rare earth elements.

snow hope · Post by **snow hope** » 31 Oct 2012, 13:12

Sh1t

mobbsey · Post by **mobbsey** » 31 Oct 2012, 20:21

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

biffvernon · Post by **biffvernon** » 31 Oct 2012, 23:09

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

Post by **kenneal - lagger** » 01 Nov 2012, 04:36

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.