A swing and a HOME RUN.
Not to mention that very little of these rare earth minerals exist in the United States, making us even more dependent on foreign supplies (and some fragile governments) for our energy needs. AND mining for these minerals is not very environmental to start with.
Now I'm sure we're going to hear some lecture on how much of this stuff will get recycled. We heard the same thing when those same types of folks were pushing plastic bags over paper to save the forests and use materials that could be recycled. Now our seas are full of that crap.