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"Sellout: How Washington Gave Away America's Technological Soul, and One Man's Fight to Bring It Home" by Victoria Bruce, not "Victorian". Published in 2017, it details the story of Jim Kennedy, a businessman who discovered a rare-earth mine and then fought to restore America's rare-earth industry against China's global monopoly, which is crucial for high-tech industries and national defense.

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Jim made a plan to restore America’s rare earth industry. His plan also allowed technology companies to manufacture rare earth dependent technologies in the United States again and develop safe, clean nuclear energy. A THORIUM Reserve is the heart of Jim's Plan

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Re: the connection between e.v. and providing a scale market for the infrastructure needed to control the supply of rare earth enabled end products. China now dominates the global E.V. market where its access isn't prohibited by law.

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