[R-390] Yard sale find

[Robert Nickels]

dsmaples at comcast.net wrote:
> What about loss of access to rare earths (used in all the fancy magnets in all the fancy motors in hybrid cars and other places)?  
>   
Your comment above stuck in my head, Dave - so I found it a bit ironic 
to spot the following just a few hours afterward.  I wasn't aware how 
dependent we are on others to obtain the rare earths:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/rare-earths-are-vital-and-china-owns-them-all-2009-09-24

73, Bob W9RAN