They won't even let us drill for the rare earth minerals that go into the darn batteries. Now, how stupid is that? Is absolutely nonsensical. We have massive reserves of copper in rare earths in Michigan. Over in Arizona, you have lithium. But you have the regulatory environment, the regulatory state that doesn't allow us to maintain our energy independence for EVs and batteries, the limit, … (01:55–02:03)
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Asserts that Michigan has large reserves of copper and rare earth minerals.
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