'Green' energy wrecks the environment.
CNS (9/18/19) column: "The recent threats by Beijing to cut off American access to critical mineral imports has many Americans wondering why our politicians have allowed the U.S. to become so overly dependent on China for these valued resources in the first place. Today, the U.S. is 90% dependent on China and Russia for many vital 'rare earth minerals.' The main reason for our overreliance on nations like China for these minerals is not that we are running out of these resources here at home. The U.S. Mining Association estimates that we have at least $5 trillion of recoverable mineral resources...The mining isn't happening because of extremely prohibitive environmental rules and a permitting process that can take five to 10 years to open a new mine. Green groups simply resist almost all new drilling. What they may not realize is that the de facto mining prohibitions jeopardize the 'green energy revolution' that liberals are so desperately seeking. How's this for rich irony?"
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