In this week’s Where Stuff Comes From Briefing: How and why Rare Earth Elements and Afghanistan are a massive opportunity for whoever seizes it (re: China). Cheers, Max What to Read and Watch About Rare Earths, Afghanistan and China: Afghanistan’s Mineral Resources Are a Lost Opportunity and a Threat China Read more…
In this week’s Where Stuff Comes From Weekly: The U.S. energy grid is under attack, ransomware attacks will impact your stuff chains, and a NEW PODCAST episode: where rare earth elements come from. Cheers and gratitude, Max (CYBER) !ATTACK! On Largest U.S. Oil Pipeline! Over the last 20 years, our world Read more…
In this week’s Where Stuff Comes From Weekly: Space and GPS are critical parts of the stuff-chain, we need more semiconductors, and how the Texas ‘icepocalypse’ triggered a global plastics shortage. Cheers, Max Space: A Key Innovation Resource In The Cold War With China Right now, the most important geopolitical competition Read more…
In this week’s Where Stuff Comes From Weekly: the most dangerous and most relevant parts of our ‘stuff-chain’ relationships with the Chinese Communist Party.