☆ 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-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
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