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Old 08-27-2009, 09:05 AM   #14
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Originally Posted by MikesZ View Post
This is both an absurd and ignorant statement. My intention in starting this thread was not political, but rather to address what would happen to hybrid and electric car development if the essential elements (95% of which are mined in China) would not be available. That is all.
Production would probably halt temporarily, the cost of replacement batteries would skyrocket, there would be tons of UN sanctions and other political actions, possibly war, the situation would either go down hill or resolve itself.

Thats the way I see it, at least. China wouldn't be that stupid. It would get them nowhere.
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