It is a bit sketchy when a website has a page with legal information but do not seem to be a registered company based on that. I think they just used some general text, but the last point in their privacy policy is the following:
Your use of this website and any dispute arising out of such use of the website is subject to the laws of Poland.
But since they make no mention of a company name, i cannot confirm they are actually from Poland.
Like anybody believes Trump when he says this is what he wanted. But I feel this is more Russia showing strength (or them trying to), especially since they seem to be sabotaging stuff for a while now, also according to the article.
I agree, but a spy chief saying something out loud is mainly a diplomatic message and not a secret plan.
Cool, I'm happy for you
So i guess you agree China shouldn't have diplomatic power over such crucial materials.
Just any old psychological warfare firm lol
The thing is, rare earths got their name because they are barely ever found purely on their own, they have to be separated from other metals which is a difficult and expensive proces. If I understand correctly rare earths are basically everywhere but you want to find a site with a high concentration in order to make it financially feasible.
So then why exactly would it be better if China monopolise rare earth instead of selling it to other countries? Have you even read the article and my comment or are you just spilling your hate for the usa here? I mean be my guest but you're not really countering my point of me disliking China having diplomatic power over rare earths, just that you don't want the US to have it.
I agree with starving the war machine is exactly what needs to be done right now for the sake of everyone and everything on this planet. But this is beyond the scope of the argument, rare earths are mainly used in technology and the technology in weapons is mainly silicon based and China is not a big player in the global semi-conductor trade. They are a big player in the steel business, as far as I know they sell that to everyone as well including the US and Israel. So if it would be about withholding critical materials they would stop selling steel as well.
I don't really feel like you're actually trying to make a point here, except sharing your view of the world. Which is fine by me, but then why not write a post about that or something?
Also by saying stuff like 'the US is the bloodiest and most brutal empire ever seen' you come across (at least to me) as biased and people will not likely want to argue with you. I mean, haven't you had history in high school? There are a lot of massive empires in the history of mankind and the most powerful weren't the nicest per se.
Heating and cooling buildings both cost immense amounts of energy, but in places where spaces are heated the global rise in temperature generally means less energy is needed for heating because it is less cold. I don't have the experience that discussions about this favour the ones living in colder climates over the ones living in warmer climates, but if you feel this is personal let me say that you shouldn't sit in scorching heat just because the world fucked up and shouldn't feel bad about using an airconditioning. Spending a long time in high temperatures actually kills people. I was not in any way saying the people who right now don't have airconditioning should not get one, just that it is better for the global temperature a lot of people don't have one.
When all countries can access important raw materials all countries use them to make things and all countries can develop new technologies, when a certain country in this case China would try to monopolise access to these materials the power imbalance can easily shift from working together to achieve common goals to working against each other using violence to make sure they don't end up as the weakest party. Look at how much wars have been waged the last 100 years because of oil.
After Trump unveiled his “Liberation Day” tariffs on April 2, China retaliated on April 4 with its own duties as well as export controls on several rare earth minerals and magnets made from them.
So far, those export controls have translated to a halt across the board, cutting off the US and other countries, according to the New York Times.
That’s because any exports of the minerals and magnets now require special licenses, but Beijing has yet to fully establish a system for issuing them, the report said.
The last line is also in the post, but I think it's worth stressing that they don't necessarily intend to halt all exports to everywhere. Although I don't like the Chinese having such diplomatic power over core industrial materials.
It might be valuable information and it's a good thing you care, but I think this is a case where the content is free because you are generating the profit. Not clicking links is definitely a big part of preventing them making money off you, but they might still collect data.