Current worldwide natural resource extraction has increased by ten times in the last few decades, and our use of mineral resources is growing because we need rare minerals for cell phones, tablets, and solar panels, among other manufactured goods. Recently, the US Trump administration began a new space program focused on mining minerals on the moon in an effort to meet the growing demand, an obviously very costly solution. Propose an economically efficient policy and explain clearly how it would help to meet our mineral needs without endangering the health of those who work to recycle this resource.
