AEA ASKED THAT I SHARE THIS WITH YOU...HE 'GREEN DEAL' ISN'T SO GREEN!

Lee S,

There’s a reason the green left’s biggest plans never include the details.

They hope that Americans like you don’t realize their schemes won’t work in reality like they say … and that they can inspire enough fear and panic to get the power they crave anyway.

Consider this.

In the future the radical environmentalists want, as they most recently laid out in the Green New Deal, all our power comes from solar and wind, and every car (read: the 10 vehicles left once the green left has their way) is electric.

Radical environmentalists like to emphasize “electric” as if it were its own magical fuel source, and they label everything they like as “clean.” (You know the ugly things they call the affordable, abundant energy you and I rely on!)

There’s more to the story, though.

Did you know that the green left’s most cherished technologies require materials that the United States must overwhelmingly import from foreign countries? That their production would have to increase hundreds of times over to meet radical environmentalists’ demands? That every step toward the green left’s preferred energy plans decreases America’s energy independence?

Green energy tech, including electric cars, wind turbines, and even the massive batteries they need to fuel all these projects, is made with rare earth minerals.

You won’t see mention of that in the breathless media coverage of the Green New Deal. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t know about it.

• What are rare earth minerals? Rare earth minerals are the name for a group of 17 similar elements. As the name might suggest, they’re difficult to access due to the current extraction technology; they must be mined.
  
  
  Rare earth minerals become the invisible building blocks of our modern lives. They’re used in the tools favored by radical environmentalists but also important technical items like our smartphones, our flat screen TVs, and a lot of essential equipment for our military, including night-vision goggles, radar systems, and communications equipment.
  
  
  That makes the production of rare earth minerals for our country a major national security issue.
  
  
• Where does the U.S. get rare earth minerals? The United States has to import these essential elements from foreign countries.
  
  
  China controls 90% of the world’s market -- and is the source of approximately 80% of the rare earth minerals that America uses. This gives China a near-monopoly on the production and distribution of rare earth minerals worldwide.
  
  
  When China cut their exports of rare earth minerals in 2010, the prices for rare earth minerals spiked in global markets. That did jumpstart production in other countries, including Russia and Malaysia … but that doesn’t solve the United States’ problem of long-term energy security.
  
  
• Does the U.S. naturally have any rare earth minerals? Yes -- and what’s happened with America’s rare earth mineral supply shows the depths of the hypocrisy of the green left.
  
  
  Though these elements are critical for radical environmentalists’ preferred technology -- and for our military and national security! -- the green left won’t support their production in the U.S. due to their rigid, unrelenting ideological focus.
  
  
  The United States has an estimated 1.4 million metric tons of rare earth minerals. But the last American mine that produced them domestically filed for bankruptcy in 2015. The green left has targeted mining and energy infrastructure in recent years, and our country’s onerous regulations and slow permitting systems reflect that.
  
  

You can count on the American Energy Alliance to show you what’s really happening behind the headlines … even when the news seems grim, like what I’m sharing with you today.

But you and I can make a difference, promote and defend American energy independence, and change what’s happening.

An important first step is for us to share the reality behind radical environmentalists’ schemes and demands.

Lee S, can I count on you to share this important story about the Green New Deal’s reliance on rare earth minerals with the people in your network?

With a single click, you can share this important story with hundreds -- or even thousands! -- of people so they can understand what’s at stake … and how important support for our pro-American agenda and energy security is.

Please share this story with your network right now.

Some elected officials have recognized America’s rare earth mineral supply as a serious national security issue -- and they have started to take action, too.

President Trump issued an executive order in 2017 to support domestic production of rare earth minerals. Congressman Mark Amodei (Nevada) has introduced a bill to streamline mining permits and try to limit radical activists’ power to block critical energy projects.

As this progress shows, what you do as a pro-affordable energy activist matters, and your support for AEA’s pro-American energy agenda will help advance our freedom and our way of life.

Please share this important story about the Green New Deal’s reliance on rare earth minerals with the people in your network right now.

Thanks for standing with the American Energy Alliance.

Tom

Thomas J. Pyle

President

American Energy Alliance