Comments by "Aristocles Athenaioi" (@aristoclesathenaioi4939) on "If sanctioned, can China demand its export be settled in Chinese yuan and peg yuan to gold?" video.

I apologize in advance for what will be a long reply, but it takes some effortvto explain the situation with rare earth production. Rare earths can be extracted from coal tailings, and one company that manufactures solar panels already extracts cadmium from coal mine tailings. The journal articles linked below describe procedures for extraction of rare Earth's from coal byproducts. These methods likely cost more than rare earths from China do now. However, avoiding the ecological damage by the rare earth mining could prove a marketing advantage to manufacturers outside of China. Market research has indicated that consumers in the US will pay a premium price for products made with green technologies. Companies could present the process of extracting rate earths from toxic coal mine byproduct as a green technology because it helps dispose of coal mine byproducts. If China blocked the sales of rare Earth's to manufacturers outside China that could make it even more attractive to extract rare earths for coal byproducts. When you consider that Germany developed ballistic missiles because the Versailles Treaty forbid Germany from having long range artillery, you realize how inventive people can side-step sanctions by developing substitute technologies. Technology sanctions often have unintended consequences that result in the sanctions back firing. Both the US and China should weigh technology sanctions very carefully. A Review of the Occurrence and Promising Recovery Methods of Rare Earth Elements from Coal and Coal By-Products: International Journal of Coal Preparation and Utilization: Vol 35, No 6 (tandfonline.com) https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19392699.2015.1033097 Can Harvesting Rare Earth Elements Solve the Coal Ash Crisis? Over 3 billion tons of coal ash occupy more than 1,400 sites across the US https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2021-2-march-april/feature/can-harvesting-rare-earth-elements-solve-coal-ash-crisis Citric acid can be used to extract rare earth metals from coal ash - MINING.COM https://www.mining.com/food-grade-solvent-can-be-used-to-extract-rare-earth-metals-from-coal-ash/
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@ketoswilly7581 Were you replying to some post that I made? I am not any sort of investor, and I can't see anything that even remotely resembles "raw, irrational emotion" in my comment. Perhaps you mean to reply to some other comment.
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