Lutetium and the
crude truth
Janet Kuypers
1/4/22 Twitter-length Periodic Table poem
for element #71 Lutetium (Lu)
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Lutetium & rare earth elements aren’t rare—
extracting them is. The U.S. produces tons,
but it goes to China to extract it— so we’re
still 100% reliant on China for our tech.
Canada has Saskatoon mines, & Texas—
the “crude” state— may soon mine
Lutetium & REEs— for electric cars.
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