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New climate friendly innovations

Water engines and sand batteries are novel ways to cut CO2 emissions and reduce China and Russia’s grip on vital energy materials.

China, the world’s top miner and refiner of 17 rare earth metals (RARE), can chock off our supply whenever it feels it can leverage our country and allies around the world. It did so last June. Meanwhile, Russia cutoff natural gas and oil to the European Union (EU) when its army invaded Ukraine.

To combat those embargos, Japanese automakers are devising ways to reduce the dependence on lithium, cobalt, nickel, manganese, and RARE metals in their products—particular...

 
 

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