☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agoHow long can China play the "rare earths card"?arnaudbertrand.substack.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up162arrow-down10
arrow-up162arrow-down1external-linkHow long can China play the "rare earths card"?arnaudbertrand.substack.com☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square21fedilink
minus-squareAwoo [she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up72·19 days ago profitability 20 years out Lmao the idea that the west could industrialise in 20 years under neoliberalism is fucking hilarious
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up50·19 days agoThere are ROADS in my city that have been worked on that long
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·19 days agoWe have a 10 mile stretch of highway in my town that was approved to be expanded in 1998. They got a $2B funding allocation. It’s now 2025 and they’re only 60% complete and $5B over budget.
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·19 days agoa road should be like the easiest thing to build ever, too
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·19 days agoWe are in the mountains, so I can give them a bit of slack. But like 3 years slack, not 27 years slack
Lmao the idea that the west could industrialise in 20 years under neoliberalism is fucking hilarious
There are ROADS in my city that have been worked on that long
We have a 10 mile stretch of highway in my town that was approved to be expanded in 1998. They got a $2B funding allocation. It’s now 2025 and they’re only 60% complete and $5B over budget.
a road should be like the easiest thing to build ever, too
We are in the mountains, so I can give them a bit of slack. But like 3 years slack, not 27 years slack