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Old September 18th 11, 09:41 AM posted to uk.railway,misc.transport.urban-transit,uk.transport.london
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Then there's the potential bottleneck of raw material for battery
production. It's not for nothing that many of those minerals are referred
to as "rare earths".


Actually, rare earths are about as common as tin, tungsten, lead, or
nickel. They're all far more common than silver. They're only "rare" to
19th century chemical techniques.

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