Monitoring Change/Risk on Resources
Area that we will be monitoring for resources
1. General lowering of EROI on vital resources and its implications
There are so many resources to monitor. For every organization and individual, their needs are their own. This can be covered within the maps. For this section, we are solely focused on the lowering of EROI of essential resources.
DETACHED OBSERVATION STATEMENT FOR RESOURCES
> In an exponential/fast changing world, the needs for specific and higher cost resources will have large geopolitical implications
RISK and what we will be monitoring
Like energy, resources are needed for survival and fiat money must be converted.
Resources are spread throughout the globe. Human society will compete and cooperate for these widespread resources. The more important the resource the higher the level of conflict that will arise. Since the world is not one Ingroup, tribes will form in the pursuit of these resources and will impact organizations and individuals around the world.
The intensity for capturing finite resources continues to rise. This plays out on the world stage and impacts organizations and individuals depending on the resource and the importance of that resource. Each organization needs to do their own assessment of risk based on their specific needs. Every Change and Risk Map should include the potential math of the resource and the changes that could happen to the most important resources that organization needs.
We will monitor levels of costs of specific resources to be shared below and within our blog and content. The objective is to understand the overall cost structure of obtaining resources as that will play out economically and how the world gets along.
Resource News 2025
Critical Metals
Rare Earth Elements > China is the world's leading producer and refiner of REEs, controlling 70% of global mine production and 87% of refined production in 2023. The country's dominance in this sector highlights the ongoing resource competition for these critical energy resources, as it holds 44 million metric tons of reserves, the largest in the world.
Cobalt > The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the dominant source, accounting for more than 70% of the world's mined cobalt in 2019, which poses a significant supply chain risk for companies reliant on this energy resource.
Lithium > The top producing countries, Australia, Chile, and China, together account for over 90% of total lithium production.
Including:
Defense and Aerospace
Command & Control Tech
Critical Components
Space Launch
Unmanned Systems
Munitions, Missiles & Hypersonics
6G
Spacecraft
Secure Communication
Mesh Networks
"Frontier" Technologies
Cybersecurity
Quantum Computing
Artificial Intelligence
Edge Computing
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Energy Technology
Nuclear Energy
Grid Resilience
Distributed Energy
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Solar
Supply chain and Advanced Manufacturing
Advanced Bulk Materials
Nanomaterials and Microelectronics Materials, Assembly, and Manufacturing
Critical Minerals Mining & Processing
Pharmaceutical Precursors
Advanced Manufacturing
Mission Critical Real Estate
Shipbuilding
Autonomous Mobile Robots
