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June 2013: American Energy Independence
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Ne is NEON. Nd is Neodymium. Kind of a big mistake guys!
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Selenium and Tellurium (and other possible similar substitutes) 2011
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/selenium/
http://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/commodity/selenium/mcs-2011-tellu.pdf
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Note: Amount of platinum needed for electric cars = 0
No catalytic converter.
No mention of Thorium? Popsci why you do this?