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Massive Norwegian phosphate rock deposit can meet fertilizer, solar, and EV battery demand for 100 years (www.techspot.com)
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Norwegian mining company Norge Mining said the 70 billion tonnes of phosphate rock was uncovered in the southwest of Norway, where it sits alongside other minerals such...

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[โ€“] dub 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do think that we need to move towards renewable energy and nuclear but this is good news for the short term since we were almost 100% reliant on China to get battery resources.

While the goal would be to move things over quickly, this is decent news for now

[โ€“] RQG 2 points 1 year ago

I agree. Sadly often resource discoveries are used as an argument to postpone progress.