Green Options » export http://greenoptions.com/tag/export Posts tagged 'export' Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Hoarding The Rare Earth Wealth: China May Limit Export Of Rare Elements http://gas2.org/2009/08/26/hoarding-the-rare-earth-wealth-china-may-limit-export-of-rare-elements/ http://gas2.org/2009/08/26/hoarding-the-rare-earth-wealth-china-may-limit-export-of-rare-elements/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:20:47 +0000 Christopher DeMorro http://gas2.org/2009/08/26/hoarding-the-rare-earth-wealth-china-may-limit-export-of-rare-elements/

The big scare about oil is that it’s a dirty and diminishing resource. We are running low on supplies while polluting our environment. While we do consume oil at a ghastly rate, there are plenty of other materials that go into the cars, computers, and cell phones that we have all grown very accustomed to. Rare metals not easily accessible. China currently controls 95% of the rare-metal market, having flooded the market last decade with cheaper metals and wiping out most of the competition.

Whether sensing a precarious position or a powerful one, China is now considering a partial or total ban on certain rare earth elements. Some of these elements are directly related to the future of fuel. What will hybrids do without their Lanthanum?

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]]> http://gas2.org/2009/08/26/hoarding-the-rare-earth-wealth-china-may-limit-export-of-rare-elements/feed/ Trade and Climate Policies Must Be Linked in Post-Kyoto World http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/trade-and-climate-policies-must-be-linked-in-post-kyoto-world/ http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/trade-and-climate-policies-must-be-linked-in-post-kyoto-world/#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:07:04 +0000 Joshua S Hill http://redgreenandblue.org/2008/10/02/trade-and-climate-policies-must-be-linked-in-post-kyoto-world/ 386198516_cc06f2ee5d An article over at SciDev.net today has caught my attention, as it should yours. Written by Glen Peters, a senior research fellow at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research in Oslo, Norway, the article focuses on the idea that in a post-Kyoto Protocol world, trade and climate policies must be linked.

Peters’ main example was, rightfully so, China, and the mixed responsibilities in ensuring that their export and trade industry does not single-handedly doom the planet to a carbon ridden future.

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