Rescuing Reason
Welcome to Spartan Spirit - Rescuing Reason. This podcast examines critical political and socioeconomic topics affecting Western cultures, particularly Australia, Canada, and the US. The point being to ground-truth the issues and bring reason back to the discussion.
The podcast will do it through a logical, scientific, and most importantly, a Spartan lens, i.e., through a tough-minded view that considers the nation and the planet above the individual.
The podcast will be published monthly around the first weekend of each month (usually a Friday). You can send comments and suggestions to spartan.spirit@yahoo.com or look for Spartan Spirit on Facebook and pm me.
Those looking for Seasons 1 and 2 - well, they were deleted by my provide (because I paused the show for a year). I will eventually relist them.
Rescuing Reason
Rescuing Reason - E8 - Rare Earth Elements
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Rare earth elements are essential to our world's manufacturing sectors; particularly hi-tech defense equipment, green technologies, and anything that uses a battery or magnet (which is a lot of stuff). Yet, China cornered the market on rare earth element processing, leaving Western democracies vulnerable to trade disruptions. This episode explores the history of rare earth elements and how the West needs to regain market share in rare earth element processing.