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Those electric cars get a lot of electricity from Russian uranium

The United States is still reliant on Russia to get a quarter of its uranium necessities, even though the government talks tough about the Putin government. Throw in the fact that 83 percent of the US mines are owned by foreign countries and this makes the US not having control of a vital industry. At least, though, a US company owns the Uranium One mine from the Russians, which erases the Clinton/Obama deal for Russia to sign the Salt II Treaty. Russia Uranium Looking through the data can get confusing really fast, but the Visual Capitalist breaks down where the US buys uranium in a simple pie chart. The US buys 24 percent of their uranium needs from Russia , while only producing 27 percent of their own needs. What is even more hilarious is that the Biden administration waited until this year to start making it a priority to end this practice. Few people can truly say that we should rely on foreign sources, but we, as a nation, have been needing to provide power via a tyranny for f...