Rare metals shortage on the horizon - or not?

The Next Resource Shortage?- NY Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/20/opinion/the-next-resource-shortage.html?_r=0

Rare earths not so rare - Geoffrey Styles of Energy Collective
http://www.theenergycollective.com/geoffrey-styles/2243655/rare-earths-not-so-rare


Two perspectives on rare metals: one warning that we need to pay more attention to rare metals in planning for the future, the other that there are enough rare earths to go around.

"If anything will slow the expansion of wind and solar power, hybrid cars and EVs, and other alternative energy and energy-saving technologies, it is unlikely to be a shortage of rare earths. They may be rare relative to other industrial commodities, but in the small proportions used it seems they are not rare enough to pose more than a temporary bottleneck."