☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 19 天前How 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 天前message-square21fedilink
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·19 天前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.
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·19 天前a road should be like the easiest thing to build ever, too
minus-squareinvalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·19 天前We are in the mountains, so I can give them a bit of slack. But like 3 years slack, not 27 years slack
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