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China quietly turns off supply of world's most used industrial chemical (www.abc.net.au)
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[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Great news for the US, outside of petroleum refining, they don't do any of this.

[–] ComradeSalad@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Purify drinking water, produce batteries, and nitrogen enrichment?

[–] Bronstein_Tardigrade@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago

The US has neutered the EPA and cancelled a lot of safe water regulations, scrapped most domestic battery manufacturing plans, and import most of their fertilizer ingredients under a supply chain choked by tariffs or war.

[–] 666@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

used a lot in metalworking and fab.