The future of energy will be more mineral-intensive than ever before, leading China and the U.S. to compete for the world’s mining and refinement capacity.

In 2009, a disastrous project on Sepulveda Pass revealed the roadblocks that stop the U.S. from being able to build.

With war underway in Ukraine, Russia and Europe are once again divided. Their ultimate dependency on China and the U.S. sounds the death knell for a multipolar world.