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**SappyAppy** · 01-10-2009, 06:14 AM

I just read the article. I've wondered about this for a while and this article only stresses one of my objections about some of these products.

Why are these new technologies being developed dependent on a finite resource with further limitations on availability because of politics, economics, and logistics at the sources they are extracted from? Has anyone not learned from the issues currently faced with oil?

Is the inclusion and/or use of these metal based on the fact that they are the best material available to get the job done? Or is it a shortcut around funding more research and development with other more available and/or renewable resources for the same outcome?

01-10-2009, 06:14 AM	#2
SappyAppy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 402 Senior Member	I just read the article. I've wondered about this for a while and this article only stresses one of my objections about some of these products. Why are these new technologies being developed dependent on a finite resource with further limitations on availability because of politics, economics, and logistics at the sources they are extracted from? Has anyone not learned from the issues currently faced with oil? Is the inclusion and/or use of these metal based on the fact that they are the best material available to get the job done? Or is it a shortcut around funding more research and development with other more available and/or renewable resources for the same outcome?
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