[ExI] China Clamps Down Even Harder on Rare Earths

[spike at rainier66.com]

From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com> 
Sent: Friday, 10 October, 2025 4:55 AM
To: spike at rainier66.com
Cc: ExI chat list <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>; extropolis at googlegroups.com; 'Brent Meeker' via Everything List <everything-list at googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: [ExI] China Clamps Down Even Harder on Rare Earths

 

 

 

On Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at 8:44 PM <spike at rainier66.com <mailto:spike at rainier66.com> > wrote:

 

> The rare earth elements are used in high-performance computer chips, drone motors, wind turbine generators, etc. OK, what if… even one wind turbine motor is taken out of service and its rare earth elements extracted for use in making computer chips?  Those things are huge.  It looks like a single turbine generator could supply RE metals for a million high-performance chips….

 

>…But if you want to make small but powerful and extremely efficient electric motors or generators then you're going to need a lot of rare earths for their permanent magnets.   John K Clark

 

 

Looks to me like a ton of wind generators already exist in areas where they do well to break even.  So take those down, extract the rare earths and other stuff in them, while new domestic RE mines are being punched into the ground.

 

If that still isn’t enough for the chips, no problem, go to non-RE motors in the electric vehicles, so there is no further demand for that material in the car industry, then as the older EVs need to be retired, get the RE materials from those rigs.

 

Great business opportunity here.

 

spike

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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