Can Old Lime Bikes and Hard Disks Counter China's Rare-Earth Chokehold? (opens in new tab)

> * Globally, less than 1% of the rare-earth metals in expired technology gets recycled, according to a report published last year by the United Nations. That is because separating the magnets from the other materials and parts they are embedded in hasn’t been cost-effective—especially when access to low-cost products from China hasn’t been a worry. *

> The Russian military is taking chips from dishwashers and refrigerators to fix their military hardware, because they ran out of semiconductors.

> Russia's industry is in tatters and its economy on life-support.

> This is the price for Putin's trail of death and destruction.

LMAO

- https://x.com/EU_Commission/status/1571454007683428352?lang=...

- https://time.com/6226484/russia-appliance-imports-weapons/

- https://www.forbes.com/sites/erictegler/2023/01/20/is-russia...