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arrow-up1362arrow-down1imageWow wow wow... European Gas prices just surged 50% after Qatar said LNG infrastructure is under threat feddit.ukNomNom@feddit.uk to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · edit-23 days agomessage-square113linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSGforce@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoRare earths are not geographically rare. There is just a lower % of them per sample.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 days agoThey also are used in ICE catalytic convertors in every vehicle. But, unlike ICE, EV rare earths can be recycled.
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoYou can recycle catalytic converters though, that’s really not the big problem for combustion engines…
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agonot very efficiently. There’s a reason crackheads steal newer ones.
minus-squareberg@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYes, it is more so the efficient processing and refining that is rare. You can make a T-shirt anywhere, but if you have to first build your own cotton farms and factories locally, construction will take years and your shirts will cost 10x more.
Rare earths are not geographically rare. There is just a lower % of them per sample.
They also are used in ICE catalytic convertors in every vehicle. But, unlike ICE, EV rare earths can be recycled.
You can recycle catalytic converters though, that’s really not the big problem for combustion engines…
not very efficiently. There’s a reason crackheads steal newer ones.
Yes, it is more so the efficient processing and refining that is rare.
You can make a T-shirt anywhere, but if you have to first build your own cotton farms and factories locally, construction will take years and your shirts will cost 10x more.