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Re:Critical Minerals: Reducing U.S. Import Reliance with Sub... by ColdStream on Wednesday July 22, 2026 @09:23PM (#49015679)
Up until a about a decade back, here in Australia/New Zealand, politicians behind door always talked about the tyranny of distance. Simply due to distance we were largely kept out of or behind larger global flows.

Nowadays it is seen as having the world largest moat.

When things like global conflict starts, it does impact us but it is more the flow on effects rather than direct impacts.

The last few minutes of this 2025 recap by 'Ordinary Things' did the best job or summarizing how the world is getting ready for war.

https://youtu.be/ZEobLPh82-w?si=hrUaw-vTx4mWU6T6&t=6627

I hope we avoid this but I fear we will not.

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Re:Critical Minerals: Reducing U.S. Import Reliance with Sub... by jandrewrogers on Friday July 24, 2026 @01:33AM (#49031549)
Australia at least is taking it very seriously and aggressively upgrading their capabilities.

If things go down in the Pacific no one will be safe.

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