Global conflict and data centre boom-inspired shortages have made the world more keenly aware of the role of rare earth elements – many of which are mined in g…
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Bloody hell, about time NZ did something clever with all that brainpower. Sick of shipping our bright sparks offshore.
get stuffed mate, you're probably one of those 'innovation' consultants skimming off the top
same energy as 'this graphene battery will change everything' – we'll see
yeah nah this'll just be another tax-funded toy for the uni boffins to play with while we can't afford a house
fair point but they've been saying 'next big thing' for decades. let's see the commercialisation timeline.
wait so we can make synthetic rare earths? that's actually massive for ev batteries and stuff. hope they scale it up before China bans exports lol
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yeah nah you're dreaming. China will just buy the patent and bury it.
anyone else remember when we were supposed to have a 'knowledge economy'? this looks promising but i'll believe it when i see a real factory
at least it's not another Pike River. slow progress beats no progress.
ffs typical lefty nz herald wank. 'recast geopolitics' my arse. it's a lab experiment, not a missile system.
lol cope. China literally dominates rare earth processing this could disrupt their monopoly big time.
If this works it could be huge for our mining towns. Less digging = less environmental damage. Win-win.
honestly the whole rare earth thing is overhyped. recycling and substitution already exist. wake me when we solve energy storage.
@Leo I'd rather my tax go to this than another cycleway mate. At least it's got export potential.
