https://theintercept.com/2022/03/24/bid ... en-energy/
A draft of the executive order obtained by The Intercept would use the Defense Production Act to ramp up mineral production for electric car batteries.
Should be mineral mining not production. Minerals aren't produced
THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION is drafting an executive order invoking the Defense Production Act to alleviate shortages of key minerals needed for the technology to store clean energy. The act, which would bolster the manufacturing capacity of electric vehicle producers in particular, indicates that the administration is open to using executive power to achieve progressive policy goals as Congress remains reluctant to pass key parts of his green energy agenda.
So these nemrods are doing everything except what they should be doing to help Americans by lowering costs of goods and gas. There's not enough minerals in the United States to do any of thisThe letter — signed by Democratic Sens. Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon — encourages Biden to make the U.S. less dependent on oil drilling abroad while simultaneously supporting climate goals: “Producing efficient electric products and exporting those goods to the E.U. and other foreign markets would help many countries lower their dependency on fossil fuels, and thereby strengthen their own energy security.
Further more it's OK to strip mine vast tracks of America for minerals that will not make a dent in America's energy crisis the democrats created but not drill for resources we know exists and have enough for at least 150 years or more.
Oh wait forgot Biden keeps saying Americans are hurting because of Russia, Russia, Russia. Not the restrictions that was imposed on America by this socialist extremist dictatorial faction called the New Democratic Socialist party that seized power through a political coup of our elections under the guise of a pandemic.
But getting back to invoking Defense Production Act. They used the Defense Production Act to approve the production of this covid gene therapy and the pharmaceutical industry is wanting to use again for a forth shot and to use this gene therapy on children 6 and under. So now they want to use it yet again for something again totally worthless and will instead...... make many of these politicians wealthy. By going around congress and senate because the democratically controlled House and Senate refuse to do anything.
Let's look at some facts.
The United States has extensive lithium reserves but produces less than 2% of the world's annual supply, much of it from a single large-scale mine, Silver Peak, in Nevada.
World Resources: Identified cobalt resources of the United States are estimated to be about 1 million tons. Most of these resources are in Minnesota, but other important occurrences are in Alaska, California, Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Oregon, and Pennsylvania.
Where is cobalt and lithium mined right now?
Congo mines around two-thirds of the world's cobalt, an ingredient in lithium-ion batteries, and is Africa's leading producer of copper. NOTE.. for those who did not know. Democratic Republic of the Congo use to be the Republic of Ziarie. I went through Ranger School with 3 soldiers from Ziarie. They were really nice fellows. I remembered Lt. Mongongo.
With 8 million tons, Chile has the world's largest known lithium reserves. This puts the South American country ahead of Australia (2.7 million tons), Argentina (2 million tons) and China (1 million tons). Within Europe, Portugal has smaller quantities of the valuable raw material.
As compared to America's estimated measly 1 million tons of cobalt and only 2% of lithium. Time to invest in foreign companys...seriously that what our political leaders did with covid.
So the United States even if they gave authorization to strip mine under this Defense Production Act would not produce nearly enough of any material to do anything. This again would make America dependant on foreign governments for our energy. It does nothing to make America energy independent and this Defense Production Act to ramp up mineral production for electric car batteries is nothing but more abuse of power and grandstanding. Oh look at Biden he's doing this.. that accomplished absolutely nada to help the American people.
I'm positive foreign governments are going to tremble though because the Biden administration invoked this Defense Production Act. I see a lot of our elected officials getting stinking wealthy on this. Furthermore I do not believe Biden is doing a damn thing except signing what he's told to sign. That idoit has not a clue to what's going on.
It just amazes me that the uh...elected pos have nothing when taking office yet are frigging wealthy in no time on the salary we pay them.
If anything these nazi dictators if they really wanted to help this nation should use the Defense Production Act to ramp up oil production not damn batteries that we do not have enough minerals to help a damn thing.
Lock and Load my rant off