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How long can China play the "rare earths card"? (arnaudbertrand.substack.com)
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[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 71 points 5 months ago (1 children)

profitability 20 years out

Lmao the idea that the west could industrialise in 20 years under neoliberalism is fucking hilarious

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 49 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are ROADS in my city that have been worked on that long

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 41 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We have a 10 mile stretch of highway in my town that was approved to be expanded in 1998. They got a $2B funding allocation. It's now 2025 and they're only 60% complete and $5B over budget.

[–] LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins@hexbear.net 32 points 5 months ago (1 children)

a road should be like the easiest thing to build ever, too

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 35 points 5 months ago

We are in the mountains, so I can give them a bit of slack. But like 3 years slack, not 27 years slack