History Matters and Little Facts

Here's a thought, we as a nation have allowed the government to stifle innovation in several areas to the detriment of safety and well being of the nation. Nuclear technology has advanced, but not from the country that spent the money and lives to bring the technology to fruition. It is not sexy to discuss, but it is a necessary thought process when this nation is relying on other nations for so many of the needs people have when it comes to powering their lives. Market Destruction When the Soviet Union changed to Russia, the government there took their time to learn about the free market. The United States started working with them to remove the nuclear material from their old missiles, which, at that time, the Russians started asking questions. They asked about the uranium market and what it took to get involved. The US people involved answered all the questions, while the Russians absorbed it all. This, decades later, has the Russians in charge of the world's uranium market ...

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...