"The [[UK]] and [[Japan]] import more food than they produce, [[China]] does not have all the iron ore it needs for its blast furnaces, the [[US]] buys many rare earth metals (from lanthanum to yttrium), and [[India]] is chronically short of crude oil." ([Location 2576](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=2576)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[globalisation]], [[food-security]], [[iron-ore]], [[rare-earths]], [[lanthanum]], [[yttrium]], [[fossil-fuels]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]