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[–] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

Mass duplicate rare earth metals at a rate that would crash economies and make white goods and alternative energy sources actually cheaper than fossil fuels.

Then while the world's having an absolute fit trying to recover from that, I'd find a way to duplicate expensive and hard to make medicine till it's functionally worth less than the packaging it comes in.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The thing is, alternative energy sources already are cheaper than fossil fuels :(

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (5 children)

    Cadmium, lithium and nickel mining are not cheaper than oil extraction and are more harmful to the environment.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    You didn't mention mining, you mentioned making alternate energy sources cheaper than fossil fuels. Considering the topic of the thread, I also didn't connect that you might of meant the environmental costs.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    I did mention the rare earth metals first.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Okay, but I was pointing out how alternate energy choices are already cheaper than fossil fuels? Which is a fact...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you take into account harvesting and application, they are not. They are cheaper(in certain countries) on the consumer end. But that's rare.

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