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Re:What Rare Earths Are Locked in Your Cell Phone? by nodata on Friday December 06, 2013 @01:36AM (#6859757)
"Despite their name, rare earth elements (with the exception of the radioactive promethium) are relatively plentiful in the Earth's crust.." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rare_earth_element
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Re:What Rare Earths Are Locked in Your Cell Phone? by popularopinion on Friday December 06, 2013 @03:55AM (#6860155)
Even if REEs are more common than their name suggests, with current consumption trends we're going to face massive resource depletion shocks within two decades as crucial industrial elements run out. New Scientist covered this several years ago, and they made a great infographic summarizing the issue.

http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/1...

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