[ExI] not that rare earth (part 2 of at least 2)

[Adrian Tymes]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> OK then.  The electronics industry will find a way (do let me assure you.)  That allows speculators to focus on cars, generators and (maybe) electric storage, which uses a lotta lotta the stuff.  Hipsters, do check my reasoning on this please.  I am open to suggestion.

If you can invent a magnet that performs just as well, including
costing about as much for the same performance (including mass), and
uses materials that are more widely available and cost less to obtain
than rare earths, there would indeed be some market for that.  But
you'd have to cite numbers from the data showing that you meet all
those criteria, not just make anecdotal observations with few to no
relevant numbers attached.