Comment on Geologists doubt Earth has the amount of copper needed to develop the entire world
isekaihero@ani.social 1 week ago
There could be two ways to address this problem. One is asteroid mining, which has the potential to be extremely lucrative because there are lots of asteroids with huge metal deposits.
Another is discovering new conductors. There’s been progress in developing conductive plastics. phys.org/…/2022-10-scientists-material-plastic-me…
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
Fuck, even more plastics?
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 week ago
Plastics aren’t inherently bad. Just like anything else, it’s the misuse that makes them bad.
RedditRefugee69@lemmynsfw.com 1 week ago
Yeah, just a little pollution is okay as long as you don’t misuse it.
TheRealKuni@midwest.social 1 week ago
There are a staggering number of varieties of plastics, and an insane number of uses for them that aren’t easily replicated with other known materials. Some of those plastics are much worse than others.
Plastic is not inherently “pollution.” That’s not to say that plastics don’t make up a significant amount of the world’s pollution, but like literally everything in life, it’s not as simple as a black-and-white.
moakley@lemmy.world 1 week ago
It confuses me when someone thinks plastics are “bad”. It’s such a privileged, narrow viewpoint that ignores so many of the problems that humanity has overcome.