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

• fullsquare@awful.systems ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    aluminum can be used too

    Thousands of fires disagree

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    • frezik@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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 ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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

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