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High-Tech can’t last: limited essential elements with limited lifespans
There are 17 rare earth elements in the periodic table. About nine of those elements go into every iPhone sold… and if China were suddenly to disappear from a map tomorrow, Apple would lose about 90% of those elements. Source: … Continue reading →
Posted in Metals, Microchips and computers
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Tagged cascading failure, critical element, mineral, peak, rare earth, supply chain
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