down most of the mines because China decided to buy the ,market with low prices. There is plenty of supply elsewhere - both Greenland and Mexico for example have begun to open up mining in their countries. And there in fact IS new recycling processes and technology that works at a reasonable cost. I don't think it's nearly the same as with oil, and the quantities of these metals required for solar or wind is pretty small. Batteries certainly require more, as do almost all other personal electronics. Today.

My question about what those are was a riff on your post in the previous discussion where you jokingly asked to not have to spell their names!
[Post edited by 111Balz at 07/17/2017 8:50PM]