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How America Should Respond to China’s Industrial Dominance Playbook
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How America Should Respond to China’s Industrial Dominance Playbook

Two hundred and fifty years young, the United States of America remains the best country in the world. We’re not perfect, but we still pass “the gates test” with flying colors.

As the longtime conservative leader Bill Bennett noted in highlighting the Berlin Wall, “You can measure a nation’s worth by observing the flow of humanity when barriers are raised: do they fight to enter, or do they risk everything to escape?” In America, people are still desperately trying to get in, and for good reason.

How Data Centers Can Drive Energy Innovation
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How Data Centers Can Drive Energy Innovation

Necessity, the proverb says, is the mother of invention. That indicates that the reason behind most innovations is that they fill a need. Many of us have a different, more modern way to explain that same observation: free markets work. People see a need, and they innovate to fill it, often crafting a new product or service.

Fusion, A Down to Earth Moonshot Worth Taking
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Fusion, A Down to Earth Moonshot Worth Taking

The term “moon shot” was launched in the 1940s, according to research by the Oxford English Dictionary. “The real result of all the work which would have to go into the moon shot,” Rotarian magazine wrote in 1949, “would be the knowledge of how to build and operate rockets of such size.”

Solar Doesn’t Need Subsidies Anymore
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Solar Doesn’t Need Subsidies Anymore

Solar power is now among the cheapest forms of electricity on Earth. Yet the industry still behaves as if it can’t survive without government support. Since President Donald Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” last July 4, the solar industry has sounded alarms.

Harvest Deep-Sea Minerals to Combat China
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Harvest Deep-Sea Minerals to Combat China

Harvesting from the sea floor is the most environmentally sustainable way to obtain the minerals we need. These nodules can be harvested using specialized, deep-sea vessels. Seabed nodules sit exposed on the ocean floor, allowing collection without significant disruption.

From Net-Zero to Net-Abundance
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From Net-Zero to Net-Abundance

Business leaders talk about moving from strength to strength: going from one thing they do well to another thing they do well. However, the real power move is going from weakness to strength. Figuring out what you are doing poorly and finding a way to do it well.

AI can lower energy bills with data centers that power themselves 
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AI can lower energy bills with data centers that power themselves 

Artificial intelligence may be the future, but the public isn’t convinced it’s the future they want.

Even as companies, investors, and the federal government invest heavily in this transformative technology, the American people remain skeptical. A third of Americans are concerned about AI, nearly half think AI will cause “significant job losses,” and less than half think the government will regulate AI well.

A Major Mining Milestone
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A Major Mining Milestone

Earlier this year, China sent up a red flag. Its Ministry of Commerce introduced export restrictions that immediately reduced the international supply of seven rare earth elements. The move followed President Trump’s tariffs on Chinese goods, but it reminded Americans that we are always vulnerable. We need a source of rare earth elements that isn’t spelled C-H-I-N-A.

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