Discussion Elon & Tech CEO's pushing Trump to start a war with Iran over Lithium?

[KMFJD]

Strange Bedfellows

https://twitter.com/x/status/1869397854919483824

as the saying goes.....even a broken clock is correct twice a day

 

[hal2kilo]

Need gallium for semiconductors. China controls 98% of the world’s usable supply (deposits aren’t helpful if you can’t dig it up and process it.)

China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War

On December 3, China announced strict export controls on critical minerals amid a growing tech trade war with the United States, posing significant economic and national security risks given their role in semiconductors and defense technologies.

www.csis.org

Typically, it is a byproduct of aluminum refining.

 

[Indus]

Typically, it is a byproduct of aluminum refining.

I didn't know that.. but if it's aluminum that's necessary to make it.. doesn't Vietnam have one of the largest reserves??

Maybe we should make economic treaties with them instead of tariffing them. Tell them.. MAGA horny.. we love you long time!

 

[Brainonska511]

Need gallium for semiconductors. China controls 98% of the world’s usable supply (deposits aren’t helpful if you can’t dig it up and process it.)

China Imposes Its Most Stringent Critical Minerals Export Restrictions Yet Amidst Escalating U.S.-China Tech War

On December 3, China announced strict export controls on critical minerals amid a growing tech trade war with the United States, posing significant economic and national security risks given their role in semiconductors and defense technologies.

www.csis.org

Honestly, this will be like every other time someone tried to claim they could choke off something: some rando in the US will stumble up on the world's largest reserve of it in their hometown.

 

[Fenixgoon]

I didn't know that.. but if it's aluminum that's necessary to make it.. doesn't Vietnam have one of the largest reserves??

Maybe we should make economic treaties with them instead of tariffing them. Tell them.. MAGA horny.. we love you long time!

Australia as well IIRC

 

[Sunburn74]

Maybe I’m an idiot but doesn’t the US have a decent amount of lithium that can be mined but it’s just more costly to mine?

This is true of most rare earth metals. China built the infrastructure for mining cheaply and there hasn't really been a need or reason to compete. However overall yeah we have plenty of the stuff here. It just would take a while to get it.

 

[KMFJD]

Interesting report on critical minerals trade war and it's impacts

Q&A: What could a US-China trade war mean for the energy transition? - Carbon Brief

Ahead of Donald Trump’s second term, a rerun of his trade war with China is firmly on the cards. Minerals key to energy transition may be in the crossfire.

www.carbonbrief.org