A recent study says there are enough rare earth metals on Earth for new “low-carbon electricity generation” technologies. Rare earth metals come from minerals found in countries around the world. The researchers said more mining is needed to make more of the valuable metals available to industry. Rare earth metals are in demand for products such as magnets, wind turbines, solar panels and computers. All are part of the “green energy” push to remove carbon gases from electricity generation. The researchers said the amount of minerals available is enough to supply a switch to renewable energy. They wrote that the carbon gasses “related to electricity infrastructure may be substantial.” But the study said it would be between one and nine percent of the world’s budget for carbon gas production. The study came out recently in the science publication Joule.
Title: Study Says World Has Enough Rare Earth Metals for Green Energy
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5801/A15.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Study Says World Has Enough Rare Earth Metals for Green Energy' data-article-id='6407'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='12438'>A recent study says there are enough rare earth metals on Earth for new “low-carbon electricity generation” technologies.</span> <span data-start-time='12438' data-end-time='18854'>Rare earth metals come from minerals found in countries around the world.</span> <span data-start-time='18854' data-end-time='27646'>The researchers said more mining is needed to make more of the valuable metals available to industry.</span> <span data-start-time='27646' data-end-time='39896'>Rare earth metals are in demand for products such as magnets, wind turbines, solar panels and computers.</span> <span data-start-time='39896' data-end-time='50000'>All are part of the “green energy” push to remove carbon gases from electricity generation.</span> <span data-start-time='50000' data-end-time='59813'>The researchers said the amount of minerals available is enough to supply a switch to renewable energy.</span> <span data-start-time='59813' data-end-time='69542'>They wrote that the carbon gasses “related to electricity infrastructure may be substantial.”</span> <span data-start-time='69542' data-end-time='78958'>But the study said it would be between one and nine percent of the world’s budget for carbon gas production.</span> <span data-start-time='78958' data-end-time='84625'>The study came out 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