Re <<I want to hear something more specific than "Geewhizium, CCPium, and Unobtainium"... ;)>>
Start w/ the almighty's will Message 32346224
<<China has more than 80 per cent of the world’s reserves of heavy rare earths such as terbium, dysprosium and holmium>>
... and know that amongst the three, CCPium / a/k/a dysprosium is the one that rules all, as far as efficacy of acupressure points go, per a light tap is all it takes to drop any economy or group of coalition-of-the-compelled bent on trade war or any other kind of war.
I think there would not be much even on the moon.
so naturally per of course the deep-state rand corp did a tome for mucho bucks but sure does not look as if anyone in Washington read it. It is grim reading.
besides grim, and etc etc etc blah blah blah yada yada yada, essentially should have but did not conclude, "Nasdaq goes to zero w/o dysprosium, tomorrow"
Would have been funny had any of Iran, Venezuela or N Korea been the exclusive home of such a wonder metal. Better still, one metal in each domain, exclusive, for diversification of risk of being attacked out of the blue, of any one of three.
I am guessing Team USA is playing w/ fire in a dynamite storage facility by China-China-China approach, for without China in the past Nasdaq could only have reached current level w/ coffee costing $50 a cup, and without China going forward, Nasdaq goes to zero and a cup of coffee goes to $50 a cup and beyond.
Just a guess.
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