All of the rare earth minerals needed for The Great Leftist Utopia have been found in Jimbobwe, Colorado.
Every nasty, polluting ICE has been rendered thoroughly obsolete, and government goon-squads are poised to fine, jail, and harass every ICE owner into compliance. Antifa and BLM have cheerfully offered their assistance.
Vegan food and crickets in every pot, and an EV in every garage in every tiny home can easily become a reality.
However, Every Environmental Group in existence has filed a lawsuit to block mining in the area for every environmental reason imaginable. Ironically, many of those reasons are "pollution."
I just made that story up. But it is entirely believable. Because all of my life in California while being invaded and overrun by Leftists has sufficiently demonstrated to me that the Left is THAT insane.