Mostly it's Alaska, Canada and South America. You're not going to have to ask permission to dig up the Bay Area to get germanium. But to answer your question, yes. Sustainable energy sources are a terrific idea.
I'm not sure why you're so hung up on Afghanistan. Are you actually upset that US forces didn't remain there indefinitely in order for you to have a slightly cheaper GPU?
Because you're praising the administration for this microchip nonsense, when they made microchips potentially the biggest source of revenue for global terrorism.
Having China get into Afghanistan probably makes microchips cheaper globally than if other countries were (as other countries wouldn't resort to china's level of exploitation presumably)
So no this isn't a Afghanistan situation bad because I want to save a few bucks.
This is Afghanistan bad, because I think the organization responsible for blowing up buildings in NYC getting TRILLIONS of dollars is a very bad thing, as that revenue will almost certainly be used to do bad things world wide