![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Unfortunately, over the years our policymakers have shunned America’s mineral wealth, making it increasingly difficult to explore and develop these resources. To advance the Green New Deal’s objectives, these minerals must come from American mines to eliminate the unnecessary carbon footprint to transport foreign minerals to the U.S. Good thing, because the Green New Deal will need lithium and cobalt for rechargeable and storage batteries, silver for solar panels, rare earths for wind turbines, nickel for smartphones and high tech alloys, gold for electronics and computer chips, and copper for electric vehicles – just to name a few. Most of these minerals can be mined domestically by American workers following the most stringent environmental protection and worker health and safety regulations in the world. Whether for or against those changes, one fact is certain: renewable energy and electric vehicles require minerals-lots of them. The proposed Green New Deal legislation incorporates lofty goals for converting our country’s energy sources into renewables within a very short timeframe. ![]()
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