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The story of 1 citizen's deal with to preserve a US stake in the foreseeable future of clean energy and the elements necessary to high-tech sectors and national defense. American technical prowess used to be unrivaled. But because of globalization, and with the blessing of the government, once proprietary materials, components, and technology are progressively more commercialized beyond your United States. Nowhere is this more dangerous than in China's monopoly of unusual earth elements - materials that are essential for practically all modern consumer goods, devices, and weapons systems. Jim Kennedy is a retired securities collection administrator who bought a bankrupt mining operation. The mine was rich in rare earth elements, but he soon discovered that China managed the complete global supply and manufacturing string. Worse, no-one in the federal government cared. Dismayed by this finding, Jim made an idea to revive America's rare earth industry. His plan also allowed technology companies to manufacture rare earth-dependent technology in america again and develop safe, clean nuclear energy. For a long time Jim lobbied Congress, the Pentagon, and the White House Office of Research and Technology and traveled the globe to get support. Fatigued, down hundreds of thousands of dollars, and with his better half at her wits' end, in the beginning of 2017 Jim sat on the advantage of victory, organised his breath, and bet everything that his federal would finally do the right thing. Like Beth Macy's Manufacturing plant Man, this is the story of 1 man's attempts to stem the dehumanizing tide of globalization and Washington's reckless inaction. Jim's is a deal with we have to join.
