The second-most important issue on everyone's mind after the Coronavirus, is Rare Earths - those metallic elements like scandium and cerium, used in every aspect of modern electronics like our cell phones, rechargeable batteries, florescent lighting. The reason is: China. China has the world's largest deposits and production of rare earths, and has not hesitated to withhold its export to countries that disagree with it in the past.
Gateway House’s Space Fellow Dr. Chaitanya Giri, and Amit Bhandari, Energy Fellow, discuss whether this is a near and present danger for resources for future growth, or whether like oil, human innovation will find an alternative to this rare mineral.
Produced by Aliasger Bootwalla
Theme by Rohan Dalal
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