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WSJ: 3-14-12, Pg 1 and 6: China to defend its limits on Rare Earth exports to US, EU and Japan; all have filed complaints with the WTO
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Yet another example of the Obama Administrations ignorance of the dependencies of the technologies they are pushing to replace our current fossil-fuel and nuclear systems. China has the world’s major source of Rare Earth minerals and they are sharing very little with others.
Rare Earth materials are vital to the production of new technology batteries and magnetics required by all electric-centric vehicles and generating and operating equipment. Too bad China has most of it and isn’t sharing!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare-earth_magnet
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The Green Energy Reality:
China is bankrupting US solar panel manufacturers by cost and quality.
Germany is bankrupting US inverter manufactures (required to convert DC to AC)
Denmark is the largest utility wind-power manufacturer.
And Obama gave US Solyndra! What a deal!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/obama-solyndra-not-ready-for-prime-time.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2011/09/obama-picking-green-job-losers.html
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In addition to these major challenges, the intermittent energy generation produced by these so called “alternatives” poses the major dilemma of supplying average and peak demand without an identified massive energy storage facility.
Obama and Chu have never addressed this overriding issue! How many rivers will have to be converted into peak-power twin-dam facilities with huge daily level variations making them unusable for any shared usage and how long will it take to get them in-place?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/10/smart-power-grid-needs-supply.html
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Not to worry about this whole Green Energy Alternatives thing for this year!
Obama just found out that high gasoline and energy prices are impacting his reelection campaign. He now has declared that he is the KING of DRILLING and don’t worry about those EPA-Jackson things either – at least until November!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/03/agw-global-warming-meets-reelection.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/03/gasoline-prices-highlights-obama.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/01/green-seattle-without-power-teachable.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2010/01/tim-kaine-mark-warner-obama-green.html
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-kaine-green-hypocrisy.html
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