Rare Earth Metal Mining

Rare Earth Metal Mining is an economy policy in Democracy 3 DLC Clones and Drones.

Description
Support national initiatives for rare earth metal mining in order to make the country's industrial and high tech production less dependent on imports from foreign countries. The extraction process is not good for the environment but our technological advancement depends on rare earth metals. Environmentalists are furious.

Slider Labels

 * 1) Research Grants
 * 2) Exploratory Mines
 * 3) Selected Sites
 * 4) Widespread Extraction

Introduction cost
32

Cancel cost
8

Raise cost
16

Lower cost
6

Cost
500 to 14700, minus up to 25% with low GDP, plus up to 25% with high technology

Implementation Time
16

Voter groups

 * Capitalist happiness, 10% to 20%
 * Environmentalist happiness, 0% to -15%
 * Patriot happiness, 5% to 6%

Simulation values

 * Productivity, 10% to 15%
 * Technology, 0% to 2%

Situations

 * Pollution, 0% to 20%, 4 inertia
 * Rare Earth Crisis, -10% to -30%, 3 inertia