Humanity Is Desperate for Rare Earth Elements. This Plant Is Growing Them Right Under Our Feet. (www.popularmechanics.com)

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[-] king_link1@feddit.dk 1 points 6 days ago

I really don’t think this phytomining will take over, not unless they genetically engineer the plants to have an extreme reach and really boost the process

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[-] cyberic@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 week ago

Rare Earth elements are plentiful, it's the refining of them which is uncommon.

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