Rare earth is everywhere, even in cowdung. Mining rare earth in space is a sick joke

Mining rare earth in space is a sick joke. They can't be mining and refining them in space, right? Now, even building refining logistics on the ground is a non-starter and have to rely mostly on Chinese expertise. How realistic is the talk about building those processing logistics in space?

So, the USA and its allies can continue with the rhetorics and the fairy tale. It goes nowhere and fools no one. China will just let the roosters crow standing on the heap of cow dungs. Cow dungs are a dime a dozen in India by the way and there is another good use for it.

By the way, Trump said that by this year or next, the USA would have so much rare earth dirt that it does not know what to do with it. He is right, because piling up the dirt is one thing but getting to the bottom of what to do with it to extract the essential elements is another. So, why is there a need to source for rare earth in space, I wonder? The man can coax a bird down from a tree but has no idea how rare earth ores are going to become useful magnets. A pile of dirt is a pile of dirt. What China has achieved is there for all to see. What USA achieved is all only apparent on twits.

Now we are seeing desperation all around, with Japan and India talking about cooperating in rare earth procurement and processing to counter China's dominance, after the recent sanctions by China. The Japanese Yen just collapsed to 162 yen to the US$, really reaching for the banana note status that we are familiar with. Oil imports for Japan are going to be highly expensive, and manufacturing cost are going to soar for Japanese products. This is bad for Japan. Japanese living standards are going to be a pain, but they will continue to have to bear the misery.

One warning though for China. A desperate Japan is dangerous. The USA found out the hard way. China should watch the Japs closely. They are militarizing and have ulterior motives for doing that.


Anonymous

China to stop selling rare earths to Boeing...dual use

Well under the dual-use doctrine, China will ban all rare earths, even for carmakers in the USA if this goes ahead. And any USA entity going into weapons manufacturing for the Trump administration will face the same treatment. China has no fear of losing the USA market, as it is serious about decoupling. Why keep up the link to afford the USA opportunities to target China with sanctions and tariffs. Moreover, trade between USA and China is shrinking year after year. China's priority is now on the Global South market.

Having said that, Boeing is also a major weapons manufacturer, but China has not banned its supply of rare earth elements to the company out of global necessity and their reliance on its planes. When a push becomes a shove, China must not play soft-hearted when its National Security is at risk.

After all, Boeing is not the only source for China and others to get their planes. China is itself making planes for its domestic consumption already, apart from some countries also buying them. Now, even Russia is rising in the commercial jet business. China and Russia have the advantage of their control of raw materials for making them, from rare earth elements to steel, aluminum and tungsten. Even engines are now domestically produced by and in China, while Russia is well known in that field.

In aviation, Russia is no way inferior to the USA or the West. Russia lost out probably in the funding sector, but the Russian economy is progressing. Despite its smaller economy, Russia is still the second or third military power in the world, despite its relatively smaller economy. This is more a case of more bang for the buck in military spending, just like China. The massive military spending by the USA is all sucked up by corruption through the ranks, with military contractors ripping off the Pentagon, selling toilet seats to them at US$10,000 a piece as reported. What a joke!


Anonymous

Having children in Singapore is extremely expensive

How to have Chickens oops apology Children here in SinkiesLAND?

The cost of even one could kill an average income earners!

BTOs priced at nearly reaching a million

Bus travels for even their regular school
Routes costs a bomb!

Hell for the parents from Primary to Secondary School

No connections whats Alma Mater to those socalled prestigious schools had to purposely rent a housing Next to them and them declared close promity in order to have a chance to study there.

Declared falsely goes to Jail!

One-time Kee Cheo said will try to have more chances for non Alma Mater connections but just wayang only

They still have to pamper to the influential and powderful ones unlike China.

Average income earners even with both working also cannot compete and survive to have more children lah!

What's the point be slaves and usually for the family and children sake, even unhappy at workplaces with evil bosses had to bear and swallowed the dignity and pride!

So better be single no married free like a lark and if have enough shown the middle fingers to the Overlords!

These are just part of the problems and why no burdens carry burdens!

Cheers


Virgo49

Malaysia’s Anwar says Norway missile deal cancellation reflects wider Western hypocrisy....to laugh or to cry?

Malaysia’s Anwar says Norway missile deal cancellation reflects wider Western hypocrisy

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim also cited the situation in Gaza, Israel’s “incessant bombardment” of Lebanon, the Russia-Ukraine war, and the civil war in Sudan as signs that pointed toward a greater devaluation of respect for international norms and laws.

KUALA LUMPUR: Norway’s unilateral decision to scrap a missile deal with Malaysia points to a "dangerous trend of double standards" for the rule of law and a worrying erosion of respect for international norms, said Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.

Speaking at the 39th Asia-Pacific Roundtable - which discusses key issues impacting the Asia-Pacific region - in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday (Jul 2), Anwar also blasted the “hypocrisy of those who are conveniently muted on such violations”.

“Is it acceptable for some countries to ignore international laws and norms, while others are subjected to the strictest standard of compliance?” he said, as he questioned whether Western powers are leaning towards a principle of “one rule for me, and another for thee”.

“If this is how partners in the West are going to treat those in the Global South … then it does not bode well for our future as equitable partners and friends. As the old Dutch saying goes, ‘trust arrives on foot and departs on horseback’,” said Anwar.  CNA

Where did Anwar come from? Mars? Whenever a Global South country is being screwed by the white countries, they appeared to be in shock that this could happen to them. They did not know that this has always been the case. This is how the white men treat the coloured people for centuries since the days they conquered and colonised the countries of coloured people. It has never changed. It is always like that. 

You mean Anwar, a well travelled politician did not know this? This is a disease called Stupidity has no cure. And it is very prevalent in the Arab and Muslim states. Also in ASEAN states. They had been screwed and screwed by the white men, cheated and cheated over and over again by the white men, massacred and genocided by the white men, and they still crawled to the white men, begging to kiss their ass, begging to be screwed again and again.

Enough said. After this, the Malaysians will be crawling to another white men country to buy more white men's weapons. It never fails. History will be repeated over and over again. See how the Arab and Muslim states love the Americans and Israelis so much, trusted them so much, and still want them to have military bases in their countries, and joining them to kill the Iranians and the Palestinians and any Arab and Muslim states the Americans and Israelis want to attack and destroy and wipe out from this world....Go, buy more weapons from the Americans, trust the Americans!

Please tell me, to cry or to laugh at the Malaysians, or any of the ASEAN states and the Arab and Muslim states?

PS. Please read the full article in CNA and see how Anwar trusted the white men's words, especially the Americans. As they said, when the fishes are fighting, there is a white man standing around. This evergreen wisdom is very difficult to understand in the minds of dense Global South leaders. They did not know why are they fighting everyday. They choose to trust the white men that are behind their endless fightings....like in the Middle East and Africa.

All western countries tightening control on Indian immigration because of fraud

 

28 min on the impact of AI on India's employment problems. India will be under tremendous pressure to create jobs for the 1.5m engineering graduates entering the job market.

The Indian ploy to populate the world with Indians, to make the world provide employment for Indians, to throw money to India in the name of investments in a third world underdeveloped country with a lot of potential for development, like building roads and railways and infrastructure, is now being exposed. Every national leader with a little common sense will know that they have been made suckers of by the Indian rope trick magicians. Every country is now closing their doors to the Indians. I said every, except.... Every country is also clamping down on Indian degree frauds, on Indian immigrants to send them back to India. I said every, except....

Trump is taking the lead, and the 5 eyes nations are also opening their eyes to the invasion of Indians in their country. They are now going to turn into 5 'I' nations, with the Indians taking over their country. And yes, Japan is also shocked at the behaviour of Indians in their country. China too cannot believe what they saw in the Indians. The free visa privilege extended to many countries will not be extended to India. China cannot be so stupid to let the Indians in to shit all over their country. 

This clamping down of Indian immigrants and fraudulent academic qualifications are going to see many Indians being forced to return to India. India will try very hard to divert this flow of Indians from India to some silly countries that are still welcoming them with open arms, with little care about fraudulent qualifications. Some may think this is a good opportunity to take in more Indian fake talents to make them first world.

The anti Indian migration movement is international, worldwide, with one or two exceptions. And this comes closely to the explosion of AI taking over many routine jobs like call centre operators and scam centres. How big is the impact of this movement is yet to tell. It is only the beginning. 

If the fake Indian talents and unemployed and their families, relatives and villagers have no where to go, where else can they go other than returning to India? India's abundance labour, an advantage or a burden?