In less than two minutes, this short, but informative, video clip on the BBC’s website does a great job of getting to the heart of the rare earths crunch that puts the U.S. at the mercy of China. Ending our dangerously high degree of resource dependency is possible, but it all boils down to the question the BBC asks in the final screenshot: “But will they dig?”

If you have a few minutes to spare, be sure to watch this video, which is part of the BBC’s “The Power of Asia” series.