Take a hard look at the Biden-Harris administration’s energy policy, which requires critical minerals yet bans their production in Alaska. One word comes to mind: contradictory.
Consider the Biden-Harris administration’s policy projecting that 68% of all new cars sold to be battery electric or plug-in hybrid by 2032. Electric vehicles require six times more minerals than conventional cars, yet the administration has blocked domestic development of critical minerals needed in EV batteries.
This leaves America dependent on China, which produces about 80% of the world’s batteries.
But America can use Alaska’s resources rather than depend on China. The state, known as “The Last Frontier,” has 49 of the 50 critical minerals, including rare earth metals.
Yet instead of taking a commonsense approach to extract these resources, the Biden-Harris administration…
