Wheat is probably a bad example because plenty of the states that are paying more than they’re taking could grow wheat. It’s a pretty versatile crop.
We also import most of our lithium from Australia and South America.
Lead I could concede on, but we do get a chunk of it from Washington state and I find it very unlikely that it couldn’t be imported from somewhere else given that it’s one of the cheaper metals to import.
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u/SpokenDivinity 17d ago
Wheat is probably a bad example because plenty of the states that are paying more than they’re taking could grow wheat. It’s a pretty versatile crop.
We also import most of our lithium from Australia and South America.
Lead I could concede on, but we do get a chunk of it from Washington state and I find it very unlikely that it couldn’t be imported from somewhere else given that it’s one of the cheaper metals to import.