Comment on Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world

• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  2. Distribution doesn’t just include long distance distribution. It includes all the wiring between transformers and houses and all the internal wiring of the house and all the devices inside etc.

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  • fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    only residential wiring uses copper, everything from 350kV down to 400V lines is aluminum, and even in houses aluminum can be used too

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    • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      aluminum can be used too

      Thousands of fires disagree

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      • frezik@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        From old electrical connections that weren’t designed for the different rates of expansion of aluminum and copper. Today, most of them are.

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      • fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        this was before we figured out that you can use stranded aluminum wire and it’s fine this way

        that, or copper clad aluminum

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  • Saleh@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And that part is entirely independent from whether the electricity is generated with solar, wind or fossil fuels.

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