Also, it’s unlikely that countries would be manufacturing their own renewable infrastructure. You would still need ships to haul solar panels, wind turbines, and batteries from China to destination ports.

Rare earths aren’t just used in batteries, lol

Yes, it is more so the efficient processing and refining that is rare.

You can make a T-shirt anywhere, but if you have to first build your own cotton farms and factories locally, construction will take years and your shirts will cost 10x more.

I think bombs dropping on heads will still affect daily life.

Yes, then we will fight over Rare Earths.

the UK will be left with no choice

Doubt.

Why bother when they already have DeepSeek?